The city of Hamtramck, Michigan is located in the 48212 zip code and is home to a diverse population of around 22,000 people. The city has a rich historical political background, having been the first American city to elect a majority Muslim council in 2013. This election inspired many young Muslim citizens to become more politically active. Today, Hamtramck's politics remains vibrant and highly contested, with political candidates from across the spectrum competing for local office. Candidates focus on issues such as jobs and economic development, public safety, infrastructure improvements, education reform, and environmental protection. Political engagement within the community continues to be strong as candidates strive to find solutions that benefit all residents of Hamtramck regardless of their political views or religious beliefs.
The political climate in Zip 48212 (Hamtramck, 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 48212 (Hamtramck, MI) is strongly liberal.
Hamtramck, 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.
Hamtramck, 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 48212 (Hamtramck)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,527 contributions totaling $103,107 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $5,325 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)