The city of Sterling Heights, MI is located in Macomb County and is home to an estimated 131,000 residents. As the largest suburb of Detroit, it has a strong position in the state’s politics. At the local level, Sterling Heights is represented by its Mayor Michael Taylor and members of City Council. The mayor and council are focused on creating new jobs and economic growth to benefit the community as well as making sure that all residents have access to high-quality public services. Issues such as infrastructure development, public safety, and environmental protection have been at the forefront of city government’s agenda. In addition to these local issues, state initiatives such as healthcare reform, education initiatives, and taxes are regularly discussed in the city’s political arena. This diverse range of topics makes Sterling Heights an interesting place for voters to consider when electing their representatives in upcoming elections.
The political climate in Zip 48310 (Sterling Heights, MI) is leaning conservative.
Macomb County, MI is leaning conservative. In Macomb County, MI 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Macomb county remained moderately Republican, 53.4% to 45.3%.
Macomb county voted Republican in 2020, 2016 and 2004, and Democratic in 2012, 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48310 (Sterling Heights, MI) is leaning conservative.
Sterling Heights, Michigan is leaning conservative.
Macomb County, Michigan is leaning conservative.
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.
Sterling Heights, Michigan: d r d d R r
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 48310 (Sterling Heights)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,829 contributions totaling $416,977 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 328 contributions totaling $40,131 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)