Rochester Hills, MI is a city located in Oakland County. The city has a population of 70,995 people and is known for its scenic beauty and excellent schools. Politically, Rochester Hills is fairly conservative, with Republicans dominating most of the local politics. Currently, Republican Michael Webber serves as the mayor of the city, while most of the city council members are also Republicans. At the state level, Republican Mike Webber serves as State Representative for Michigan's 45th House district and Republican Mike McCready serves as State Senator for Michigan's 8th Senate district. On the national level, Rochester Hills is represented by Republican Representative Paul Mitchell in Congress. Overall, Rochester Hills has a strong Republican presence in government and it has faithfully supported conservative values at all levels.
The political climate in Zip 48307 (Rochester Hills, 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 48307 (Rochester Hills, MI) is somewhat liberal.
Rochester Hills, 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.
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 48307 (Rochester Hills)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,752 contributions totaling $367,231 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 540 contributions totaling $114,822 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)