Grand River, OH is a small town in Eastern Ohio with a population of approximately 4,500 people. The town is served by a number of local elected representatives and public officials. The mayor is elected every four years, and all other town offices are filled through regular elections. Grand River prides itself on having an engaged citizenry and an active political climate. Citizens often take part in the democratic process by attending city council meetings and voting in local elections. Issues facing the town such as infrastructure upgrades, education spending, and economic development are vigorously debated by the citizens at these meetings. In addition to civic engagement, there are several political activists running for office each election cycle that are advocating for change. Local grassroots campaigns have been successful in advocating for change on important issues such as environmental protection and social justice. All of this helps to ensure that the voice of the community is heard and represented in governmental decision-making processes.
The political climate in Grand River, OH is somewhat conservative.
Lake County, OH is somewhat conservative. In Lake County, OH 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained strongly Republican, 56.0% to 42.4%.
Lake county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grand River, OH is somewhat conservative.
Lake County, Ohio is somewhat conservative.
Cleveland-Elyria Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
Ohio is leaning conservative.
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.
Grand River, Ohio: r r d r R R
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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Grand River, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,111 contributions totaling $147,802 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 433 contributions totaling $123,926 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)