Clinton Township is a suburban community located in Macomb County, Michigan with a population of nearly 96,000 people. It is the most populous township in Michigan and the 30th largest municipality in the state. Politically, the township leans Democratic as registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by over 10%. The current township supervisor is Bob Cannon, who was elected in 2019. In terms of local political candidates, there are several running for office this year. These include incumbent Supervisor Bob Cannon and challenger Liz Sierawski, both running for election on the Democrat ticket. There are also a number of other candidates running from both major parties for various positions including clerk, treasurer and trustee seats. All of these candidates have been campaigning actively throughout Clinton Township to ensure their message reaches as many citizens as possible before the November election.
The political climate in Zip 48038 (Clinton Township, 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 48038 (Clinton Township, MI) is leaning conservative.
Clinton Township, 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.
Clinton Township, 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 48038 (Clinton Township)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,979 contributions totaling $172,114 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 389 contributions totaling $56,778 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)