The small town of Leonard, MI (zip code 48367) is located in Oakland County and is a part of the greater Detroit-metro area. Despite its small size, Leonard has an active local government that works to ensure the safety and well-being of all its citizens. The town is represented by a variety of elected officials, including members of the Town Council, Mayor, Clerk, Treasurer, and Trustees. The Town Council meets regularly to discuss issues affecting Leonard and its citizens such as budgeting and economic development initiatives. In addition to these offices, members of the community are appointed to various boards to ensure that residents’ needs are met on a local level. Community activism is also actively encouraged in Leonard with events such as block parties and volunteer days held throughout the year. The local government works hard to protect the interests of all residents in the town while still promoting diversity and inclusion.
The political climate in Zip 48367 (Leonard, MI) is leaning liberal.
Oakland County, MI is somewhat liberal. In Oakland County, MI 56.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oakland county remained strongly Democratic, 56.2% to 42.2%.
Oakland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48367 (Leonard, MI) is leaning liberal.
Leonard, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Oakland County, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Leonard, 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 48367 (Leonard)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $3,741 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $22,318 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $269 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)