Medina, OH is a small city located in Medina County, Ohio. It has a rich history of politics and civic engagement. Medina's government is led by an elected mayor who works with a City Council to set policy for the entire community. The city also has an active local political scene, with many citizens engaging in the process by attending candidate forums or participating in their local party organizations. There are a number of races that occur each year for city council, school board, county commission and many other posts. These races often draw multiple candidates from both major parties as well as minor and independent candidates. Citizens have the opportunity to learn about the issues and candidates through debates, forums, mailings and more. Ultimately, it is up to the people of Medina to decide which direction their government should take by voting in these elections and having their voices heard.
The political climate in Medina, OH is moderately conservative.
Medina County, OH is moderately conservative. In Medina County, OH 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Medina county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.9% to 37.5%.
Medina county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Medina, OH is moderately conservative.
Medina County, Ohio is moderately 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.
Medina, Ohio: R R r R R 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 Medina, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,719 contributions totaling $621,414 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,412 contributions totaling $1,147,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $476 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)