Southfield, MI is a city in the Detroit metropolitan area that is home to many people of various backgrounds. Though it is home to many individuals from different political backgrounds, the overall politics of 48076 Southfield, MI are primarily Democratic. The city tends to lean heavily towards Democratic candidates when it comes to elections for local offices and initiatives. In recent years, there has been increasing support for progressive policies such as environmental protection, affordable housing, and criminal justice reform. Many of the elected representatives in Southfield are Democrats who push for these issues to be addressed by the local government. While there are certainly some Republican-leaning voices in the city as well, Southfield overwhelmingly leans toward Democratic candidates and ideas when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Zip 48076 (Southfield, 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 48076 (Southfield, MI) is somewhat liberal.
Southfield, 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.
Southfield, 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 48076 (Southfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,236 contributions totaling $197,697 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 280 contributions totaling $271,562 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $970 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)