Westfield Center, OH is a small town located in central Ohio and is home to just over 1,000 people. While there are no local political candidates running for office, the town is governed by a mayor and a six-member city council. The mayor is elected at-large and serves as both the presiding officer of the council and as the chief executive officer of Westfield Center. The city council members are responsible for passing ordinances related to local issues, such as taxation, zoning, public works projects, and services provided by the city government. Additionally, they serve on various boards and committees that oversee different areas of city government operations. Local elections are held every year in November, giving residents an opportunity to voice their opinions about who should be leading their community.
The political climate in Westfield Center, 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
Westfield Center, 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.
Westfield Center, 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 Westfield Center, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 249 contributions totaling $19,523 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 62 contributions totaling $366,897 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $5,918 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)