Cortland, OH is an active town politically. In recent years, Cortland has seen many elections and debates surrounding local issues. Residents of Cortland have the opportunity to be involved in their government and often voice their opinions on important matters. The town council meets regularly to discuss pressing issues, and residents are encouraged to attend these meetings and offer their feedback. There are a variety of political parties represented in Cortland including the Democratic Party, Republican Party, Libertarian Party, Green Party, Constitution Party, and more. Each year both local candidates and national candidates visit the city to hold rallies and meet with voters. The upcoming elections this year will be of great importance to the citizens of Cortland as they decide who will represent them at all levels of government.
The political climate in Cortland, OH is somewhat conservative.
Trumbull County, OH is somewhat conservative. In Trumbull County, OH 44.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Trumbull county remained strongly Republican, 54.6% to 44.0%.
Trumbull county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cortland, OH is somewhat conservative.
Trumbull County, Ohio is somewhat conservative.
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Cortland, Ohio: D D D D 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 Cortland, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,265 contributions totaling $22,906 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 155 contributions totaling $28,969 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)