In the city of Southfield, MI (48075), politics plays an important role in shaping the future of the community. The city is governed by a mayor-council system which consists of a nine member council and Mayor Ken Siver. As a result, there are frequent elections in Southfield to ensure citizens have an opportunity to vote for their local representatives and other political positions. Residents of Southfield are encouraged to stay informed on political issues within the city and take part in campaigns and voting. Important local elections such as those for mayor, City Council, education board, and county offices are held annually in order to ensure that people have the power to influence their local governing institutions.
The political climate in Zip 48075 (Southfield, MI) is somewhat 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 48075 (Southfield, MI) is somewhat liberal.
Southfield, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Southfield, 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 48075 (Southfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,800 contributions totaling $626,904 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $224 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 154 contributions totaling $164,304 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,067 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)