Grosse Pointe Park is a city located in Wayne County, Michigan. It has a total area of 2.6 square miles and a population of 11,555 as of the 2020 census. In terms of local politics, Grosse Pointe Park is part of the 26th District in the Michigan House of Representatives and represented by Robert Wittenberg, who was re-elected to his seat in 2020. At the county level, Grosse Pointe Park is represented by Guy L. Williams Jr., a Democrat who serves on the Wayne County Commission representing District 7 which includes Grosse Pointe Park and other nearby areas. Additionally, there are two members that represent Grosse Pointe Park in the Michigan State Senate - Stephanie Chang (D) and Sylvia Santana (D). Both legislators have worked with local officials on initiatives to improve public safety in Grosse Pointe Park, as well as address issues related to infrastructure and economic development. Residents of Grosse Pointe Park can make their voices heard by attending town hall meetings or voting for representatives during local elections.
The political climate in Zip 48230 (Grosse Pointe Park, 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 48230 (Grosse Pointe Park, MI) is moderately liberal.
Grosse Pointe Park, 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.
Grosse Pointe Park, 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 48230 (Grosse Pointe Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,358 contributions totaling $887,745 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 573 contributions totaling $595,059 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,039 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)