Rochester Hills, MI is a wonderful place to live with a population of around 74,000. It is located in Oakland County and is known for its strong sense of community. Politically, Rochester Hills leans slightly Republican but there are a variety of perspectives represented throughout the city through both local political organizations and elected officials. Local organizations like the Rochester Regional Chamber of Commerce host events that promote civic engagement and provide an opportunity for citizens to connect with their elected officials. The City Council is responsible for governing the city's budget, development projects, and services like police protection and education programs. There are often multiple candidates running in each election cycle as well as initiatives on ballot measures that citizens can vote on which give residents a chance to make their voices heard when it comes to local politics.
The political climate in Zip 48309 (Rochester Hills, 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 48309 (Rochester Hills, MI) is leaning liberal.
Rochester Hills, 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.
Rochester Hills, 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 48309 (Rochester Hills)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,521 contributions totaling $206,187 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 443 contributions totaling $182,475 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $412 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)