The city of Southfield, MI is a major suburb of Detroit and has a population of over 73,000 people. It is represented in the Michigan House of Representatives by Democrat Robert Wittenberg and in the Michigan Senate by Democrat Jeremy Moss. The two major political parties represented in Southfield are the Republican and Democratic parties. The city is overseen by an elected Mayor, Ken Siver, who is an independent. In addition to the Mayor there is also a seven member City Council serving as legislative body for the city. All members are elected at-large and serve four-year terms. The Council works with local businesses and community organizations to ensure that all citizens have access to services such as transportation, public safety, health care, recreation and education. Community engagement is encouraged through town hall meetings which provide a forum for citizens to directly address their concerns with elected officials.
The political climate in Zip 48034 (Southfield, MI) is moderately 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 48034 (Southfield, MI) is moderately liberal.
Southfield, Michigan is moderately 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 48034 (Southfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,779 contributions totaling $246,272 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 400 contributions totaling $280,980 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $702 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)