Shaker Heights, OH is a peaceful and affluent city situated in the northeast suburbs of Cleveland. The city has a strong sense of civic pride, with active participation in local politics to ensure that the people are represented by the leaders they choose. The City Council comprises seven elected members who are each responsible for representing their wards and voicing their constituents’ opinions on various issues. There are also several initiatives such as community meetings and volunteer opportunities to get involved in local politics. The residents of Shaker Heights hold their elected officials accountable and take part in the decision-making process to ensure that their needs are heard and met.
The political climate in Shaker 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
Shaker 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.
Shaker 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 Shaker Heights, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20,936 contributions totaling $4,496,261 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $215 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,965 contributions totaling $4,934,988 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,511 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)