The politics in 48183 Trenton, MI are shaped by the local community and its governing body. The City of Trenton is led by Mayor Kyle Stack who has been in office since 2019. The City Council consists of seven members who are elected to four-year terms, four of which are up for election in 2021. In addition to the elected officials, there are a number of boards and commissions that help shape policy within the city including the Planning Commission and Zoning Board. Each board or commission has an appointed chairperson and several volunteer members representing various interests within the community. These bodies play an important role in developing policies that affect residents and businesses within 48183 Trenton, MI. There is also a strong presence of civic organizations within the city that help provide support for various programs while also advocating for issues that affect the local population. Together, these groups work together to ensure that Trenton remains a vibrant community with a thriving economy.
The political climate in Zip 48183 (Trenton, MI) is moderately liberal.
Wayne County, MI is very liberal. In Wayne County, MI 68.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 30.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 68.3% to 30.3%.
Wayne county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48183 (Trenton, MI) is moderately liberal.
Trenton, Michigan is moderately liberal.
Wayne County, Michigan is very 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.
Trenton, 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 48183 (Trenton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,816 contributions totaling $121,627 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 274 contributions totaling $65,006 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $237 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)