Whitmore Lake, MI is located in Washtenaw County and is part of the 48189 zip code. The town is governed by a Board of Trustees, which consists of five elected members that serve four-year terms. These board members are responsible for the day to day decisions that affect Whitmore Lake residents. Additionally, there are numerous local political parties that operate in the Whitmore Lake area, ranging from independents to Democrats and Republicans. Residents can participate in local politics by attending meetings at City Hall or voting for local candidates during elections. The town has an active civic community and encourages individuals to get involved in their government.
The political climate in Zip 48189 (Whitmore Lake, MI) is moderately liberal.
Washtenaw County, MI is very liberal. In Washtenaw County, MI 72.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 25.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washtenaw county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 72.4% to 25.9%.
Washtenaw county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 48189 (Whitmore Lake, MI) is moderately liberal.
Whitmore Lake, Michigan is moderately liberal.
Washtenaw County, Michigan is very liberal.
Ann Arbor Metro Area is very 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.
Whitmore Lake, 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 48189 (Whitmore Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 409 contributions totaling $22,267 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 91 contributions totaling $13,047 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)