Bentleyville, OH is a small town located in the heart of Ohio. Political engagement in Bentleyville is high with local residents participating in various activities to make their voices heard. Through voting and attending town hall meetings, Bentleyville residents stay involved and have a say in how their city is run. The city council holds monthly public meetings to hold discussions on important issues within the community. There are also local campaigns for political candidates that have been running in recent years, such as for mayor and school board members. Local activists play an important role in shaping the future of the town by getting out the vote and working to ensure that each voice is heard. Political discourse plays an important role within Bentleyville as it allows citizens to voice their opinions and take part in decision-making processes that affect them directly.
The political climate in Bentleyville, OH is somewhat 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
Bentleyville, OH is somewhat 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.
Bentleyville, 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 Bentleyville, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,937 contributions totaling $1,639,268 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $332 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,320 contributions totaling $3,519,964 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,517 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)