Parma, Ohio is a city located in Cuyahoga County near Cleveland. It is home to roughly 80,000 people and has been part of the county since 1808. The city is represented in the Ohio House of Representatives by Timothy J. Grendell and Kathleen Clyde. In the Ohio Senate it is represented by Nickie Antonio and Kenny Yuko. At the local level, Parma City Council consists of seven members and a mayor who are elected by the citizens every four years. Mayor Tim DeGeeter leads the council which works hard to make decisions on issues that affect local residents such as infrastructure, public safety, economic development, parks and recreation, and urban planning. Together with state representatives they strive to ensure Parma remains a safe place for its citizens to live and work while supporting small businesses for continued growth.
The political climate in Parma, OH is moderately 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
Parma, OH is moderately 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.
Parma, 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 Parma, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,774 contributions totaling $187,300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,095 contributions totaling $298,039 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $272 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)