Bedford Heights, Ohio is a small city located in Cuyahoga County. While it has its own mayor and city council, Bedford Heights is part of the larger Cleveland metropolitan area and follows Ohio state laws. The primary political concern for citizens of Bedford Heights is electing representatives who will represent their interests at the state and national level. Local elections involve voting for members of Congress, the Ohio House of Representatives, and the Ohio Senate. Additionally, there are county-level positions such as county commissioner or sheriff that also require citizen participation in order to ensure fair representation. In addition to elections, residents of Bedford Heights participate in local government through town hall meetings and other public forums where they can voice their opinions on important issues facing their community.
The political climate in Bedford Heights, OH is strongly 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
Bedford Heights, OH is strongly 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.
Bedford Heights, 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 Bedford Heights, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 800 contributions totaling $49,755 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 211 contributions totaling $148,110 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $702 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)