Melvindale is a small city located in Wayne County, Michigan. It has a population of approximately 7,500 people and is part of the Metro Detroit area. The city is governed by an elected mayor who presides over a seven-member City Council that is responsible for creating and passing local laws. The current mayor is Steven J. Sollish, and he was elected to his first term in November 2012. There are also four positions on the school board that help oversee the local public schools. The politics in 48122 Melvindale, MI generally revolves around issues such as improving public safety, economic development, and education initiatives in order to make Melvindale an even better place to live and work. Residents have access to numerous resources such as several parks, community events, and recreational opportunities to stay engaged with their government representatives.
The political climate in Zip 48122 (Melvindale, 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 48122 (Melvindale, MI) is strongly liberal.
Melvindale, 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.
Melvindale, 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 48122 (Melvindale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 72 contributions totaling $6,756 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $4,170 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)