Troy, Michigan is a city located in Oakland County with a population of approximately 82,000 people. The city has an active political scene with many candidates vying to represent the locals in the City Council and beyond. Currently, Ethan Baker is the mayor of Troy and he works closely with local representatives to provide effective leadership for the citizens. In addition to Mayor Baker, there are several other candidates from different political parties that are running for office in 48084 Troy. These include David Goedde from the Republican Party, Doug Tietz from the Democratic Party, and Steven Martin from the Libertarian Party. All three candidates have proposed various programs and initiatives that they hope will improve Troy’s economy, public safety, infrastructure, and other quality of life factors. Every vote counts in Troy’s politics, so residents should keep informed of upcoming election dates and make sure they cast their ballot when it comes time to decide who will lead their community into the future.
The political climate in Zip 48084 (Troy, 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 48084 (Troy, MI) is somewhat liberal.
Troy, 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.
Troy, 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 48084 (Troy)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,763 contributions totaling $209,519 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 514 contributions totaling $1,528,082 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,973 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)