44035 Elyria, OH is a city in Lorain County with many political issues that affect the local population. Though there are no local political candidates to mention, there are still numerous debates and issues in the area. Some of the main topics include taxes, public safety, economic development, education, and other important services. Residents actively engage in discussions surrounding these topics and strive to make their voices heard through their elected officials. The city also works with regional partners such as Lorain County Port Authority and Ohio Department of Transportation to ensure that projects are managed properly and that progress is made towards creating a better living environment for everyone.
The political climate in Zip 44035 (Elyria, OH) is leaning conservative.
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
Zip 44035 (Elyria, OH) is leaning conservative.
Elyria, Ohio is leaning conservative.
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 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 zip 44035 (Elyria)
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)