The politics of 48205 Detroit, MI are a representation of the city’s diverse population. The neighborhood is located in the city center and stretches from I-94 to Woodward Avenue. Politically, the area is served by a number of elected officials, including Mayor Mike Duggan, City Council President Brenda Jones, Michigan House Representative LaTanya Garrett and State Senator Marshall Bullock. These representatives serve an incredibly diverse population that includes African Americans, Latinos, Asians and Whites. All these communities have different interests and are all represented equally within the district. As a result of this representation, local laws have been passed that reflect the needs of each community ensuring that all people in 48205 Detroit have an equal say in their own governance.
The political climate in Zip 48205 (Detroit, MI) is very 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 48205 (Detroit, MI) is very liberal.
Detroit, Michigan is very 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.
Detroit, 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 48205 (Detroit)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,253 contributions totaling $197,537 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $11,206 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $330 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)