Painesville, OH is an unincorporated community located in Lake County in Northeast Ohio. It is a small, rural area with a population of less than 1,000 people. The politics in Painesville are largely driven by the local school board and town council meetings. These meetings occur monthly and are open to the public to participate in or observe. The town council is responsible for deciding on issues such as the budget, zoning ordinances, and other matters related to the community. At each meeting, local citizens can voice their opinions and offer ideas on how to best address current issues. Additionally, various special interest groups often attend these meetings to advocate for their causes. As a result, it is important that residents of Painesville stay informed about local political activities and upcoming events so they can be active participants in determining the future of their community.
The political climate in Painesville, OH is leaning conservative.
Lake County, OH is somewhat conservative. In Lake County, OH 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained strongly Republican, 56.0% to 42.4%.
Lake county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Painesville, OH is leaning conservative.
Lake County, Ohio is somewhat 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.
Painesville, Ohio: r r d r 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 Painesville, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,111 contributions totaling $147,802 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 433 contributions totaling $123,926 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)