Grafton, OH is a small town nestled in the countryside of Northeastern Ohio. It is a community that values its close-knit relationships and small-town charm. When it comes to politics, Grafton is no different from other towns in the region, with local elections being held every two years to determine who will represent the community at City Hall. The current mayor is Linda Lenehan, who has been serving since 2014, and she is supported by a six-member City Council. All of them have strong ties to the community through their work, families, or volunteer service. With an open mind and supportive citizens, there are sure to be lively debates during election season about who should be running the town. This small town carefully weighs all of its political decisions with input from its residents and officials alike before making any major changes.
The political climate in Grafton, OH is somewhat 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
Grafton, OH is somewhat 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.
Grafton, 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 Grafton, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 319 contributions totaling $27,115 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 169 contributions totaling $68,629 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $406 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)