SE Oakland - Solid democrat to the core. Southfield, Oak Park, and Royal Oak Township are mostly black, and Huntington Woods, Ferndale, and Pleasant Ridge are all mini Ann Arbors. The City of Royal Oak will elect Rinos.
Western and Northern Borders - Solid Republican. Lyon Township, Milford, Highland, Independence Township, Orion Township, etc. This is as Republican as SE Oakland is Democrat.
Central to Central East – Rochester and Troy are solid GOP areas. Pontiac is a dem stronghold and a GM town. Auburn Hills leans dem with Diamler-Chrysler, but isn’t solid dem. Tom McMillan won there several times, and just won a county commish seat from there. He’s ultra conservative and fights the RINOS as much as the dems. Waterford is a blue-collar marginal GOP area that the dems have been trying and failing to win for years. Birmingham is more liberal, but republican. West Bloomfield (heavily Jewish) will be interesting. It went GOP for congress (Knollenberg) several times, but Gore won by 14% there. How will the Middle East affect the vote there. The other Bloomfields are more GOP. Farmington Hills wants to be 'trendy' all the time.