The politics in the 48357 Highland, MI area are mostly focused on local issues that affect the residents of Highland. There are several local political candidates running in the upcoming election, each of whom is committed to addressing issues such as economic development, education and public safety. Residents of the area can be assured that their representatives are working for them and ensuring a bright future for all. The population of this community is not relevant when it comes to politics since every single vote counts equally.
The political climate in Zip 48357 (Highland, MI) is leaning 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 48357 (Highland, MI) is leaning liberal.
Highland, Michigan is leaning 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.
Highland, 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 48357 (Highland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 259 contributions totaling $12,894 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 187 contributions totaling $18,240 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)