The city of Farmington Hills, with a zip code of 48331, is located in Oakland County in the state of Michigan. It has a vibrant local political scene with many active residents eager to have their voices heard. The current mayor is Vicki Barnett, who was elected in 2015 and is currently serving her fourth term. Other members of the city council are Michael Bridges, Marjorie Banner, Samantha Steckloff, Richard Lerner and Steven Schneemann. All are dedicated to improving the quality of life for Farmington Hills residents through strong leadership and engaging with the community. Local politics involve many issues from infrastructure improvements to zoning laws and everything in between. The city is also actively involved in regional political issues such as transportation and environmental protection. Residents can get involved on various levels by attending meetings or by volunteering for political campaigns.
The political climate in Zip 48331 (Farmington Hills, MI) is leaning liberal.
Oakland County, MI is somewhat liberal. In Oakland County, MI 56.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 42.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oakland county remained strongly Democratic, 56.2% to 42.2%.
Oakland county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48331 (Farmington Hills, MI) is leaning liberal.
Farmington Hills, Michigan is leaning liberal.
Oakland County, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Farmington Hills, 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 48331 (Farmington Hills)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,156 contributions totaling $340,344 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 376 contributions totaling $342,295 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $910 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)