Bay Village, OH is a small city located in the northern part of Cuyahoga County. The city has a long history of political involvement and has been the home of many prominent political figures in both local and national politics. Despite its small size, Bay Village takes its politics seriously and engages actively in local decision-making processes. Local elections are held on a regular basis to determine who will serve in various positions within the City Council and other elected offices. The City Council is made up of eight members who represent different neighborhoods and provide leadership for the community’s day-to-day operations. As with most cities, Bay Village also elects representatives for the state legislature and Congress, with participation from all citizens encouraged to ensure that their voices are heard by their elected officials.
The political climate in Bay Village, OH is somewhat liberal.
Cuyahoga County, OH is very liberal. In Cuyahoga County, OH 66.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 32.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cuyahoga county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 66.4% to 32.3%.
Cuyahoga county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bay Village, OH is somewhat liberal.
Cuyahoga County, Ohio is very liberal.
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.
Bay Village, 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 Bay Village, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 791 contributions totaling $186,434 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 490 contributions totaling $794,938 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,622 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)