Olmsted Falls, a small city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, is home to a vibrant community with many local and state politics at play. The small-town feel of the city makes it an ideal place for citizens to get involved and express their opinions on important issues. Olmsted Falls is represented in the Ohio General Assembly by two State Representatives and one State Senator. The city is divided into several wards, each represented by a Council Member that works directly with constituents to ensure they have an active voice in governance. At the federal level, Olmsted Falls is serviced by Congressman David Joyce from Ohio’s 14th Congressional District. Olmsted Falls also participates in local elections, including mayoral and council races every four years. Residents of the city are encouraged to get involved in local politics by attending town hall meetings or registering to vote. The City of Olmsted Falls is always looking for new voices that can represent their interests both locally and statewide.
The political climate in Olmsted Falls, 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
Olmsted Falls, 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.
Olmsted Falls, 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 Olmsted Falls, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,733 contributions totaling $115,822 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 237 contributions totaling $200,742 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $847 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)