Birmingham, MI is a small city located in Oakland County with a population of around 20,000 people. The city is home to many small businesses, restaurants, and attractions. In terms of politics, Birmingham is part of a larger county that has two districts鈥攖he 39th and 40th district respectively鈥攖hat are represented by Republican Candidates Michael Webber from the 39th District and Klint Kesto from the 40th district in the Michigan House of Representatives. Additionally, the city is represented by Senator Mallory McMorrow who serves on the 11th Senate District in Michigan. All three representatives have voted for legislation that supports environmental protection, public health initiatives, education reform and economic development within the state.
The political climate in Zip 48009 (Birmingham, MI) is leaning 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 48009 (Birmingham, MI) is leaning liberal.
Birmingham, Michigan is leaning 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.
Birmingham, 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 48009 (Birmingham)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,270 contributions totaling $2,833,425 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $538 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,503 contributions totaling $1,879,525 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,251 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)