South Euclid, OH is a city in northeastern Ohio in Cuyahoga County. The city has a population of about 22,000 people and is located east of Cleveland. South Euclid is part of the Greater Cleveland area and shares many of the same political affiliations. South Euclid has had members of both major parties representing it in Congress over the years. The current member of Congress for this area is Representative Marcy Kaptur (D), who was first elected to office in 1982. At the state level, South Euclid primarily votes Democrat and is represented by State Senator Vernon Sykes (D) and State Representatives Juanita Brent (D) and Terrence Upchurch (D). At the local level, South Euclid holds nonpartisan elections for mayor, with current Mayor Georgine Welo serving since 2018. The City Council consists of seven elected members from five wards who are also nonpartisan. Residents can become involved in local politics by attending meetings or volunteering for local campaigns.
The political climate in South Euclid, 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
South Euclid, 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.
South Euclid, 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 South Euclid, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22,409 contributions totaling $4,496,555 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,312 contributions totaling $7,513,411 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,269 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)