Located on the East side of Cleveland, Ohio on Lake Erie, Bratenahl is a small village with a population of just over 1,000 people. Politically, the village is represented by a seven-member Village Council that is responsible for making laws and setting policies. The council meets twice a month to discuss and vote on issues relating to the village such as public safety, economic development, infrastructure projects, and legislation. Additionally, Bratenahl has a mayor who serves as the head of government and oversees all aspects of local governance. The mayor is also responsible for appointing department heads and members of boards and commissions. In order to ensure that the village's interests are represented at the state level, Bratenahl also has two representatives in the Ohio House of Representatives. Overall, Bratenahl provides its citizens with local political representation that ensures their interests are taken into account when making important decisions about local issues.
The political climate in Bratenahl, 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
Bratenahl, 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.
Bratenahl, 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 Bratenahl, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,180 contributions totaling $371,718 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $315 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 294 contributions totaling $525,168 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,786 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)