Elyria, Ohio is a city located in Lorain County. It has a long political history, including many local initiatives and state-level policies centered on improving the quality of life for its citizens. The mayor of Elyria is Holly Brinda, who was elected in 2017. The city council is composed of seven members who are responsible for crafting laws and ordinances that affect the residents of Elyria. On the state level, Elyria is represented by State Senator Nathan Manning, State Representative James E. Carr and State Senator Theresa Gavarone. There are numerous other local politicians and organizations involved in representing the interests of Elyrians on both the county and state levels. These include county commissioners, school board members, representatives from various civic and business organizations, as well as many other elected officials. With all these people working together to ensure that Elyria remains a vibrant community with an excellent quality of life for its citizens, it's clear that politics in Elyria plays an important role in the lives of everyone in this city.
The political climate in Elyria, OH is leaning liberal.
Lorain County, OH is leaning conservative. In Lorain County, OH 48.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lorain county flipped narrowly Republican, 50.4% to 48.0%.
Lorain county flipped Republican afer voting Democratic in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elyria, OH is leaning liberal.
Lorain County, Ohio is leaning 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.
Elyria, Ohio: D D D D d 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 Elyria, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,365 contributions totaling $198,974 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 349 contributions totaling $126,926 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $364 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)