Harper Woods, MI located in zip code 48225 is a small city with a population of about 14,000 people. Politically, the city operates under a mayor-council form of government where the mayor and four council members are elected to serve four year terms providing leadership to the community. The current mayor is Kenneth Poynter and the council members are Arthur E. Jones, Joseph Sabaugh, Monica Lane and Maynard Haddad. In recent years, Harper Woods has seen an increase in politcal engagement from its citizens as they strive for more efficient government services and accountability from local officials. Local residents have actively voiced their concerns on matters such as public safety, economic growth strategies and infrastructure projects. With the continued commitment from local leaders and citizens alike, Harper Woods Mayor Kenneth Poynter has set his sights on making this small city even better in the years to come.
The political climate in Zip 48225 (Harper Woods, 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 48225 (Harper Woods, MI) is strongly liberal.
Harper Woods, 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.
Harper Woods, 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 48225 (Harper Woods)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 742 contributions totaling $85,309 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $32,686 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $436 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)