Westlake, Ohio is a city located just outside of Cleveland in Cuyahoga County. It is home to an active and involved political scene. Westlake has three members on the City Council who are elected by residents every two years. The Council holds regular meetings to discuss current issues, develop policies, and make decisions that affect all citizens of Westlake. Additionally, the Mayor is elected every four years and serves as the leader of the City of Westlake. The Mayor makes decisions related to budgets and approves or denies proposals from the City Council. Every two years residents of Westlake also have the opportunity to vote for their State Representatives and Senators in local elections. These representatives are responsible for making laws that apply to all residents in the state of Ohio. It is important for citizens of Westlake to stay informed about local issues and get involved with their local politics in order to ensure that their voices are heard and represented at all levels of government.
The political climate in Westlake, 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
Westlake, 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.
Westlake, 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 Westlake, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,965 contributions totaling $385,771 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $196 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,012 contributions totaling $1,289,326 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,274 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)