48185 Westland, MI is a thriving city in Wayne County with a population of over 84,000 people. In terms of politics, the city is represented by several state and federal legislators in the Michigan House and Senate as well as the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. The current representatives are Mike Kowall representing Westland in the Michigan Senate, Erika Geiss representing Westland in the Michigan House of Representatives, Debbie Dingell representing Westland and all of Wayne County in the U.S. House of Representatives, and Gary Peters representing Michigan in the U.S. Senate. Local political candidates are also running for office each election cycle to serve their constituents on both a local and state level while continuing to represent Westland's interests on a federal level.
The political climate in Zip 48185 (Westland, 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 48185 (Westland, MI) is strongly liberal.
Westland, 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.
Westland, 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 48185 (Westland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,167 contributions totaling $56,761 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 159 contributions totaling $33,614 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)