48073 Royal Oak, MI is a vibrant and diverse city located in the Oakland County of Michigan. It is home to a wide variety of people, businesses, and services. As of 2020, the estimated population was 59,011.
The local political landscape is shaped by leaders from a wide range of backgrounds and experience. The mayor is Michael Fournier who was elected in 2018; he has been in office for two terms now. The city council consists of seven members with a variety of experiences ranging from business owners to community advocates; it works together to provide the best outcomes for Royal Oak residents. Every four years citizens have the opportunity to vote for new candidates or re-elect current representatives depending on their preference. The upcoming election will be held on November 3rd, 2020 and will determine who will be representing Royal Oak’s interests going forward into 2021.
The political climate in Zip 48073 (Royal Oak, 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 48073 (Royal Oak, MI) is somewhat liberal.
Royal Oak, 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.
Royal Oak, 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 48073 (Royal Oak)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,785 contributions totaling $370,673 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 315 contributions totaling $63,747 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)