Richmond Heights, OH is a city located in Cuyahoga County and is part of the Greater Cleveland area. The city has been a great home for its residents for many years and continues to be a vibrant community due to its quality of life, amenities, and dedication to progress. The politics in Richmond Heights are just as important as its people, with local officials working hard to maintain the city’s overall livability. Recently, Mayor David Roche elected in 2017 has been instrumental in developing new policies that address public safety concerns and promote economic development. He works with City Councilmen Jim McCallon (Ward 1), Maureen Stauffer (Ward 2), Mary Mathews (Ward 3), John Esmont (Ward 4), and Kathy Augustyniak (Ward 5) to ensure that Richmond Heights remains a desirable place to live. Together they make sure that citizens have access to quality services while preserving the beautiful nature of the city. By listening to residents' needs and taking their concerns into account when making decisions, Richmond Height's local government ensures that every person is represented fairly in their city's future.
The political climate in Richmond Heights, 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
Richmond Heights, 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.
Richmond Heights, 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 Richmond Heights, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 988 contributions totaling $102,614 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 265 contributions totaling $329,392 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,243 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)