Madison Heights, MI is a city located in Oakland County and is part of the Detroit metropolitan area. The politics of Madison Heights are largely influenced by the local government and its various officials. At the local level, Madison Heights is represented by Mayor Brian Hartwell, who was elected in 2020. The mayor and his team are responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the city as well as developing long-term plans to ensure that they meet the needs of its residents. Additionally, there are several local representatives on various boards and commissions such as the Planning Commission, Zoning Board of Appeals, Parks & Recreation Committee, and more. These committees advise on important issues regarding public safety, infrastructure development, land use planning, community engagement initiatives, and much more. In addition to these committees, there are also numerous political organizations within Madison Heights that work to engage citizens on essential issues facing their community. Through a combination of locally elected officials and influential local organizations working together for change in Madison Heights can have an impact on both statewide and national policies.
The political climate in Zip 48071 (Madison Heights, MI) is somewhat 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 48071 (Madison Heights, MI) is somewhat liberal.
Madison Heights, Michigan is somewhat 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.
Madison Heights, 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 48071 (Madison Heights)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,398 contributions totaling $417,423 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 441 contributions totaling $45,060 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)