The Cleveland-Elyria, OH Metro Area is a major center of political activity in the state. Many important decisions that affect the local community are made by local politicians within this region. The area has a diverse range of political representation at all levels of government, from city councilors to elected representatives in Congress. Local officials work to make sure that their constituents have access to the resources and support that they need, both on a local level and through federal legislation. The political landscape in the Cleveland-Elyria Metro Area is constantly changing, with new initiatives being taken on all sides to ensure that citizens have access to fair representation. This means that there is always something new happening when it comes to politics in this area.
The political climate in Cleveland-Elyria Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
In Cleveland-Elyria Metro Area 57.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Cleveland-Elyria metro area remained very strongly Democratic, 57.0% to 41.6%.
The Cleveland-Elyria metro area voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Cleveland-Elyria, 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 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Cleveland-Elyria Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 97,504 contributions totaling $17,212,012 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23,787 contributions totaling $50,474,614 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)