Medina County, Ohio is home to a diverse population of more than 170,000 people. The county is part of the greater Cleveland metropolitan area and its residents are represented in both state and national politics by local representatives from each major political party. In the Ohio House of Representatives, Republican Bill Dean and Democrat Jeffrey Crossman represent District 69 while Republican Bob Gibbs and Democrat Joyce Healy-Abrams serve in the US House of Representatives for Ohio’s 7th Congressional district. This diverse representation allows Medina County residents to make their voices heard on issues that affect them. Local elections also provide an opportunity for residents to exercise their right to vote on important issues affecting their communities.
The political climate in Medina County, OH is moderately conservative.
In Medina County, OH 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Medina county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.9% to 37.5%.
Medina county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Medina County, OH is moderately 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.
Medina, Ohio: R R r R 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Medina County, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,980 contributions totaling $517,510 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,875 contributions totaling $1,063,872 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $567 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)