Lorain, OH is a vibrant city located in Lorain County in the U.S. state of Ohio. The city is politically active and has a diverse mix of Democratic, Republican, and Independent voters. The mayor of Lorain is Mayor Jack Bradley, who was elected in 2018 and has gained recognition for his hard work and dedication to the city. Further down the political spectrum, there are many candidates running for council seats in the upcoming elections. These include: John Aridas, Robert DeBord, Stephanie Lonski, Anthony Krasienko, Amy Drennen, Todd Hawkins, and Jim Fodor among many others. All these candidates have their respective platforms and strive to make Lorain a better place to live for its citizens by improving public services such as education and transportation infrastructure while also addressing socio-economic issues such as poverty reduction and unemployment rates.
The political climate in Lorain, OH is leaning liberal.
Lorain County, OH is leaning conservative. In Lorain County, OH 48.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lorain county flipped narrowly Republican, 50.4% to 48.0%.
Lorain county flipped Republican afer voting Democratic in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lorain, OH is leaning liberal.
Lorain County, Ohio is leaning 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.
Lorain, Ohio: D D D D d 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 Lorain, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,885 contributions totaling $152,618 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 389 contributions totaling $200,551 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $516 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)