Fairlawn, OH is a small town located in Summit County, Ohio. As with any mid-size city, Fairlawn has its own local politics and government. The Mayor of Fairlawn is Matt Brett and he is assisted by the City Council comprised of seven members representing the citizens of Fairlawn. The Council meets regularly to discuss important matters that affect the entire community such as budgeting, public safety, land use policies, zoning issues, infrastructure improvements and other matters related to governance. Additionally, the city holds regular elections which determine who will serve on the council each term as well as other important positions such as school board members and local judges. Overall, Fairlawn's political system is dedicated to ensuring that all citizens have a voice in their representation and their community's future.
The political climate in Fairlawn, OH is leaning liberal.
Summit County, OH is somewhat liberal. In Summit County, OH 53.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Summit county remained moderately Democratic, 53.9% to 44.4%.
Summit county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fairlawn, OH is leaning liberal.
Summit County, Ohio is somewhat liberal.
Akron Metro Area is leaning 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.
Fairlawn, 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 Fairlawn, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,027 contributions totaling $868,554 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,200 contributions totaling $622,780 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $519 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)