Lake Orion, MI is a small town located in the Southern part of Oakland County. Although Lake Orion is a relatively small community, it still has an active and involved political scene. The City of Lake Orion is headed by a mayor and city council, while the larger region is covered by a combination of state and federal representatives. At the local level residents can choose between two city council members for each ward to represent them on the city council. Additionally, they elect a Mayor as their leader who is responsible for setting policy objectives and overseeing the overall operations of the city. On the state level, citizens elect representatives to serve in both houses of Michigan's legislature. These elected officials are tasked with representing constituents’ interests at the State Capitol in Lansing, where they debate issues that effect all Michigan citizens such as taxes, education, public safety , healthcare and more. The federal government also represents Lake Orion with congresspersons from both parties serving in Michigan's 14th congressional district. These representatives are responsible for voting on issues that affect all Americans such as immigration reform, foreign policy decisions and economic issues such as trade agreements.
The political climate in Zip 48362 (Lake Orion, 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 48362 (Lake Orion, MI) is leaning liberal.
Lake Orion, 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.
Lake Orion, 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 48362 (Lake Orion)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,060 contributions totaling $42,304 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 257 contributions totaling $46,619 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)