Garden City, MI (48135) is a small city located in Western Wayne County. It's home to a tight-knit community and has been part of the historic Downriver area since its inception in 1927. Politically, Garden City leans Democratic. The City Council consists of six members that are elected at large - meaning all registered voters in the city can cast their ballots for any one candidate running for office. Currently, there are no local political candidates running for office in the city, however there are several state and national representatives who represent Garden City's interests on the larger stage. With majority of Garden City's citizens voting Democrat, issues such as social welfare and economic growth tend to take precedence over more conservative policies like tax cuts or job creation initiatives. There is also an active effort to keep taxes low while still providing necessary public services like police protection and maintaining roads. All things considered, Garden City has a strong political presence despite its small population size and continues to be an important part of its political landscape in western Wayne County.
The political climate in Zip 48135 (Garden City, MI) is strongly 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 48135 (Garden City, MI) is strongly liberal.
Garden City, Michigan is strongly 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.
Garden City, 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 48135 (Garden City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,450 contributions totaling $37,655 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 113 contributions totaling $32,123 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $284 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)