Highland Heights, OH is a city located in Cuyahoga County, just outside of Cleveland. It is home to over 8,000 residents and has a strong sense of community spirit. The local government of Highland Heights is run by an elected mayor and a seven-member City Council. All members of the City Council are elected to serve a two-year term and work together to make decisions on important issues affecting the city. They strive to ensure that Highland Heights remains safe, attractive, and vibrant for all its citizens. The current mayor is John Hinkel who was re-elected in 2019 after serving two terms as a councilman since 2011. The City Council meets regularly throughout the year to discuss and vote on legislation related to budgeting, zoning, infrastructure, and other important matters facing the city. Through their hard work and dedication to keeping Highland Heights running smoothly, they are committed to providing quality services for all their citizens.
The political climate in Highland Heights, 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
Highland Heights, 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.
Highland Heights, 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 Highland Heights, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 988 contributions totaling $102,614 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 265 contributions totaling $329,392 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,243 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)