The politics in 48329 Waterford, MI is largely dominated by the Republican Party as it has been a historically GOP-leaning area. The city is represented in the U.S House of Representatives by Republican Dave Trott and both Michigan state senators for the district are Republicans. At the local level, there are many political issues discussed including taxes, infrastructure, public safety, healthcare and education. While debates can be passionate on all these topics, Waterford residents have consistently voted for conservative candidates who will work to improve their community with lower taxes and better public services. The Republican party remains the dominant force in Waterford politics and continues to be supported by many of its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 48329 (Waterford, 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 48329 (Waterford, MI) is leaning liberal.
Waterford, 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.
Waterford, 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 48329 (Waterford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 717 contributions totaling $56,417 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 253 contributions totaling $47,227 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)