The city of Inkster, MI is a small city located in Wayne County with an estimated population of 25,369 according to the 2019 census. Inkster is served by a mayor-council form of government with seven council members who are elected at large. The current mayor is Mayor Byron Nolen and serves as the leader of the city's executive branch. Inkster has numerous local political candidates running for various offices each election cycle. Local elections are typically held in November of even numbered years and feature many candidates with diverse backgrounds and varied agendas. These elections often focus on issues such as economic development, public safety, education reform, and infrastructure improvements. Residents have many opportunities to get involved in their community through volunteering or participating in campaigns for local candidates.
The political climate in Zip 48141 (Inkster, MI) is very liberal.
Wayne County, MI is very liberal. In Wayne County, MI 68.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.3% to 30.3%.
Wayne county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48141 (Inkster, MI) is very liberal.
Inkster, Michigan is very liberal.
Wayne County, Michigan is very liberal.
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
Michigan is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Inkster, Michigan: D D D D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 48141 (Inkster)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 151 contributions totaling $20,336 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $1,067 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)