Middlefield, Ohio is a small village located in Geauga County. The local government is composed of a mayor and four council members, who are elected by the residents of Middlefield. Each year, the residents of Middlefield get to decide who they want to represent them in local government by voting in a mayoral election and four separate elections for their local council members. There are several political parties active in Middlefield, Ohio including Republican, Democratic, Libertarian, and Green Party candidates. All of these candidates offer different perspectives on how they would approach governing the village if they were elected into office. It is important for the citizens of Middlefield to be informed on all of the issues that their chosen candidates stand for so that they can make an educated decision at the polls each year.
The political climate in Middlefield, OH is moderately conservative.
Geauga County, OH is moderately conservative. In Geauga County, OH 37.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Geauga county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.9% to 37.8%.
Geauga county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Middlefield, OH is moderately conservative.
Geauga 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.
Middlefield, 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 Middlefield, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 41 contributions totaling $2,775 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $199,100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,804 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)