Kelleys Island, Ohio is an unincorporated community located in Erie County, Ohio. The population of the island is only about 350 people, and due to its small size, Kelleys Island does not have any local political candidates or representatives. However, the island plays a role in state and national politics by participating in local and national elections. Residents of Kelleys Island are known for their active involvement in the political process and take pride in their participation as citizens within the larger political system.
The political climate in Kelleys Island, OH is somewhat conservative.
Erie County, OH is somewhat conservative. In Erie County, OH 43.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Erie county remained strongly Republican, 54.8% to 43.3%.
Erie county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kelleys Island, OH is somewhat conservative.
Erie County, Ohio is somewhat conservative.
Sandusky Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Kelleys Island, Ohio: d d D D 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 Kelleys Island, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 208 contributions totaling $1,786 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $9 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)