Royal Oak is a city in Oakland County, Michigan with a population of around 59,000 people. As of recent years, the city has become more progressive in its politics as seen through the election of Mayor Michael Fournier and the City Commission in November 2019. The mayor and commission have created initiatives that focus on public safety, economic development, and infrastructure improvements. Additionally, they have worked towards protecting civil rights and creating opportunities for residents to get involved in their local government through outreach events and volunteer opportunities. There are also many local organizations that work to ensure the voices of Royal Oak residents are heard during elections. As such, Royal Oak is dedicated to creating an inclusive environment where all are encouraged to participate in the political process.
The political climate in Zip 48067 (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 48067 (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 48067 (Royal Oak)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,602 contributions totaling $381,790 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 247 contributions totaling $270,759 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,096 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)