Sheffield, Ohio is a small town located in Lorain County with a population of just over 2,000 people. It is governed by a mayor-council form of government and the current mayor is Joe Huepenbecker. The town council consists of seven members who are elected at-large to serve four-year terms. Sheffield's politics are typically driven by local issues related to the quality of life for residents and businesses. This includes topics such as tax rates, support for public services such as police and fire departments, infrastructure improvements, educational initiatives, economic development efforts, and ensuring adequate representation for all parts of the community. The town works hard to ensure that every voice is heard through active civic engagement and encouraging participation in local elections.
The political climate in Sheffield, 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
Sheffield, 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.
Sheffield, 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 Sheffield, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,599 contributions totaling $213,710 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 370 contributions totaling $131,079 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $354 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)