The city of Dearborn, MI 48128 is a vibrant and diverse community located in Wayne county. Politically, it is the heart of one of the nation's most influential regions. The city is governed by an elected mayor and seven-member City Council, who together make decisions on behalf of the residents. The city's Democratic majority often carries much sway in local politics, with several prominent Democrats holding office. With a strong history in labor rights and civil activism, Dearborn remains an important center for progressive causes and action throughout the region. In addition to local politics, Dearborn also plays host to national candidates running for office each election year, highlighting its importance in Michigan politics as well as US policy.
The political climate in Zip 48128 (Dearborn, MI) is moderately 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 48128 (Dearborn, MI) is moderately liberal.
Dearborn, Michigan is moderately 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.
Dearborn, 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 48128 (Dearborn)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 511 contributions totaling $68,313 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 73 contributions totaling $15,990 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)