Voter Turnout in Oakland County Communities in Nov. 4, 2025 Election

Voter turnout in Oakland County communities on November 4, 2025. Elections

(Kurt Metzger, November 6, 2025)

Oakland County, MI – The November 2025 election is within the books and it is time to take a look at turnout. These elections are very totally different from the presidential or mid-term elections in that a number of communities had nothing on the electoral roll, whereas in different communities there have been no contested elections. Communities with contested mayoral and council/fee elections different in turnout however posted usually unimpressive numbers. A number of weren’t working for native management however had faculty millages or bonds on the poll.

The chart under ranks turnout by group for those who held elections.

Lake Angelus, with an uncontested race for 2 council seats, acquired 60.3 % of its voters (187 whole) and took first place.

Coming in second is Lathrup Village, the place 42.8 % of voters turned out to elect three uncontested council members.

Royal Oak’s mayor and metropolis commissioner races introduced 32.2 % of voters to the polls, sufficient to rank third.

Clawson, which additionally ran within the elections for mayor and metropolis council, got here in fourth place with 31.9 %.

Most communities confirmed a charge between 20 and 30 %.

A complete of seven communities had a turnout charge of lower than 20 %. They included Northville, Keego Harbor and Clarkston, which had uncontested council elections, in addition to Oak Park, which had uncontested mayoral and council races.

Fifth from the underside was Pontiac, which had a hotly contested mayoral race involving elections for an at-large council seat and 6 county council seats and 6 library board members. Regardless of passionate on-line discussions and media protection, solely 17.4 % of the citizens voted. Throughout Pontiac’s fourteen counties, turnout ranged from 8.7 to 29.5 %.

Auburn Hills had a contentious council race, but solely 17.1% of registered voters turned out to vote.

And third from the underside was Hazel Park, which had a showdown with the mayor that drew simply 16.9% of registered voters.

I have been doing election turnout evaluation in Oakland County for extra years than I care to rely. Whereas particular points and candidate races affect turnout to some extent, the sample we see within the rankings is pretty constant. We now have an attendance drawback in a lot of our communities.

I want to see all communities, particularly on the low finish, join extra with their residents to higher perceive what it can take to extend turnout. Whereas residents might really feel ignored by their state and federal representatives, they will make a distinction on the native degree. Political and group leaders must make a greater case.

For extra tales in regards to the census and different fascinating numbers, go to the Information-Based mostly Tales Archives at Oakland County Instances. Because of information skilled Kurt Metzger for this work!

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