Peninsula, OH is a small city located in the Midwest of the United States. It is a friendly and vibrant community that prides itself on its strong sense of local civic pride. Despite its small population, Peninsula has an active and engaged political scene, with numerous candidates running for local office each year. The local elections are hotly contested and draw a great deal of attention from citizens who are eager to see their voices heard in the decisions made by their representatives. Additionally, Peninsula residents have the opportunity to participate in larger regional and national political debates through involvement in civic organizations or even simply by attending public forums and participating in online discussions. Regardless of how they choose to get involved, Peninsula locals make sure their voices are heard when it comes to important political issues.
The political climate in Peninsula, OH is leaning conservative.
Summit County, OH is somewhat liberal. In Summit County, OH 53.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Summit county remained moderately Democratic, 53.9% to 44.4%.
Summit county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Peninsula, OH is leaning conservative.
Summit County, Ohio is somewhat liberal.
Akron Metro Area is leaning 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.
Peninsula, 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 Peninsula, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 196 contributions totaling $21,857 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $85,563 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $910 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)