The small city of Amherst, OH has long been a center of political activity for the surrounding area. It is home to a number of local government offices and organizations that provide essential services to the citizens of the city. Politically, Amherst leans towards conservatism with a majority of Republicans in municipal elections, however in recent years more progressive candidates have been making their way onto ballots and fighting for the votes of local residents. Community involvement is strong and those who want to be involved in the political scene can attend meetings at City Hall or participate in rallies and events held by various local politicians. With its close proximity to Cleveland and access to many different resources, Amherst continues to be an important part of Ohio politics.
The political climate in Amherst, 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
Amherst, OH 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.
Amherst, 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 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 Amherst, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 951 contributions totaling $98,975 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 236 contributions totaling $150,820 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $639 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)