Rochester Hills, MI 48306 is a city located in Oakland County in the state of Michigan. The most recent census estimates the population to be around 70,000 people. The city is governed by an elected seven-member City Council who oversees the local government and makes policy decisions that are important to the citizens. The Mayor is also elected by the voters and is responsible for enforcing laws and regulations, administering budgets, appointing department heads, and representing the city at official events. There are many local political candidates running for office every two years and they can be identified through various forms of media such as newspapers, radio broadcasts, television ads, and more. Political issues in Rochester Hills range from taxation to public safety to economic development. Residents of Rochester Hills have a wide variety of opinions on these topics which influence elections across all levels of government. Ultimately it is up to each individual citizen to make their voice heard and engage in civic discourse if they want to shape their community’s future.
The political climate in Zip 48306 (Rochester Hills, 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 48306 (Rochester Hills, MI) is leaning liberal.
Rochester Hills, 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.
Rochester Hills, 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 48306 (Rochester Hills)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,764 contributions totaling $391,287 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $222 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 686 contributions totaling $343,198 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)