Oxford, Michigan is a small town located in northern Oakland County. The population of Oxford is just over 4,500 people. Oxford is served by the Oxford Community Schools district and has an active community of residents who are involved in local politics. Each election year, residents come together to decide on the candidates that will represent them at the local level. Many of the elected officials come from the local area and are dedicated to making decisions that benefit their constituents. They work closely with representatives from other nearby towns and counties to ensure that all areas receive adequate representation on important issues such as taxes, infrastructure, education, and public safety. It is clear that Oxford's citizens take their civic responsibilities seriously and are committed to selecting qualified representatives for their community.
The political climate in Zip 48371 (Oxford, 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 48371 (Oxford, MI) is leaning liberal.
Oxford, 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.
Oxford, 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 48371 (Oxford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 826 contributions totaling $88,979 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 197 contributions totaling $48,340 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)