Taylor, MI is a city in the county of Wayne and is home to a population of 63,131 people. The city is served by an elected mayor, Gary Burtka, who was elected in 2020 after previously serving as deputy mayor for 8 years prior. The City Council consists of seven members who are elected at-large for four-year terms. In addition to the Mayor and City Council, citizens also elect their own school board members responsible for the Taylor School District. On a state level, Taylor’s residents are represented by two senators and one state representative along with two U.S. Congressmen responsible for representing the interests of Taylor’s citizens on a federal level. Overall, Taylor's politics are guided by local civic leaders and representatives who strive to create policies that benefit the entire community.
The political climate in Zip 48180 (Taylor, MI) is strongly 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 48180 (Taylor, MI) is strongly liberal.
Taylor, Michigan is strongly 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.
Taylor, 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 48180 (Taylor)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 631 contributions totaling $41,478 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 258 contributions totaling $36,381 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)