Akron, Ohio is a city in Summit County that has a rich political history. The current mayor of Akron is Dan Horrigan, who was first elected in November 2015. Mayor Horrigan has overseen many positive changes to the city, such as improvements to the public school system and economic development initiatives. Other important political figures in Akron include members of the Akron City Council, including President Margo Sommerville and Vice President Veronica Sims. The representatives for Summit County are Kerry Sipeer and Jeff Wilhite, both serving on the Ohio House of Representatives. Additionally, Senator Sherrod Brown serves all of Ohio’s citizens in Washington D.C. Akron residents can rest assured that their city is being well represented by hardworking public servants who have their best interests in mind.
The political climate in Akron, OH is somewhat liberal.
Summit County, OH is somewhat liberal. In Summit County, OH 53.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Summit county remained moderately Democratic, 53.9% to 44.4%.
Summit county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Akron, OH is somewhat liberal.
Summit County, Ohio is somewhat liberal.
Akron Metro Area is leaning 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.
Akron, Ohio: 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 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 Akron, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,031 contributions totaling $1,447,582 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,555 contributions totaling $2,662,787 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,042 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)