Farmington Hills, MI is a city located in Oakland County with a population of 81,250. It is home to the prestigious Henry Ford College and the Governor Warner Mansion Museum. The city has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor being elected at-large and the council consisting of seven members elected from wards. The current mayor of Farmington Hills is Ken Massey, who was re-elected in November 2020. He is supported by an experienced city council that includes Sheryl Mitchell, Richard Lerner, Lisa Hicks-Clayton and more. This local government works to ensure that all residents of Farmington Hills have access to quality services and programs while promoting economic development in the area. They are focused on creating a safe and vibrant community for everyone to enjoy.
The political climate in Zip 48336 (Farmington Hills, MI) is somewhat 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 48336 (Farmington Hills, MI) is somewhat liberal.
Farmington Hills, Michigan is somewhat 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 48336 (Farmington Hills)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,259 contributions totaling $124,856 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 264 contributions totaling $47,822 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)