The politics in 48116 Brighton, MI are dominated by the local Republican Party. For example, all of the elected officials representing the city are Republicans. In addition, the members of the City Council are all from the Republican Party. This is reflective of a long-term trend in Michigan where multiple generations have historically voted for conservative politicians and policies. Despite this, however, there has been some recent movement towards progressive values as younger generations push for political change and an increased awareness of social issues. As a result, much of the discussion around local politics revolves around how to best balance traditional values with progressive ideas to ensure that Brighton remains a place where everyone can feel safe and accepted.
The political climate in Zip 48116 (Brighton, MI) is moderately conservative.
Livingston County, MI is moderately conservative. In Livingston County, MI 37.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Livingston county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.5% to 37.9%.
Livingston county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48116 (Brighton, MI) is moderately conservative.
Brighton, Michigan is moderately conservative.
Livingston County, Michigan is moderately 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.
Brighton, Michigan: R R R R 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 48116 (Brighton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,555 contributions totaling $310,147 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 582 contributions totaling $159,209 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $274 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)