48328 Waterford, MI is located in Oakland County and is home to nearly 65,000 residents. The city’s politics are heavily influenced by the local Democratic Party, but there are still plenty of Republicans who call the city their home. In recent years, several prominent politicians from Waterford have emerged on the local stage such as State Representative Kathy Crawford and Supervisor Gary Wall. Both Crawford and Wall have worked hard to bring various initiatives to the city in order to help improve its economy and overall quality of life for its residents. Additionally, members of both major political parties participate regularly in local government meetings, campaigning for their respective candidates during election season. All in all, 48328 Waterford is a diverse city with a vibrant political climate that encourages citizens to get involved and make their voices heard.
The political climate in Zip 48328 (Waterford, 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 48328 (Waterford, MI) is somewhat liberal.
Waterford, 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.
Waterford, 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 48328 (Waterford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,112 contributions totaling $101,432 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 260 contributions totaling $56,422 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)