While the Democratic Party has found increasing success in Presidential elections in Oakland County, the state Republican Party has remained strong in some recent gubernatorial and state elections. The county favored former Gov. Rick Snyder (R) by a 22-percent margin in the 2010 Michigan gubernatorial election and again by a 12-point margin in the 2014 Michigan gubernatorial election, but Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) carried the county by 17 points in the 2018 Michigan gubernatorial election. Republicans held a majority on the County Commission for most of its history, but following the 2018 elections, Democrats won a narrow 11-10 majority on the commission.