Bedford, OH is a small city in northeast Ohio with a population of around 13,000 people. The politics in Bedford are reflective of the state as a whole; it is predominantly run by the Republican Party. At the local level, members of council are elected on a nonpartisan basis, and elections are held every two years. Currently, there are five members on the Bedford City Council who oversee all local laws and regulations. Each representative brings their own unique perspective to ensure that their constituents have access to effective representation within their community. The city also elects a mayor who serves as head of government for Bedford. The mayor has the authority to veto decisions made by the council and to enact certain policies within his or her administration. Overall, Bedford is a politically active city that works towards providing its citizens with fair and responsible government representation.
The political climate in Bedford, OH is moderately 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
Bedford, OH is moderately 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.
Bedford, 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 Bedford, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 512 contributions totaling $26,295 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 109 contributions totaling $86,071 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $790 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)