Lake, OH County is a vibrant community with an active political climate. The county boasts many local officials who actively seek to represent and serve their constituents. The county has a Board of Commissioners and other elected offices that are responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the county. Additionally, Lake, OH County has frequent elections for both statewide and national positions. These elections bring out a large number of voters who are passionate about ensuring that their voices are heard when it comes to politics in the area. Local representatives strive to ensure that all citizens have representation and that their voices are being heard on issues important to them.
The political climate in Lake County, OH is somewhat conservative.
In Lake County, OH 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained strongly Republican, 56.0% to 42.4%.
Lake county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake County, OH is somewhat conservative.
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.
Lake, Ohio: r r d r R R
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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Lake County, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,653 contributions totaling $492,759 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,490 contributions totaling $1,666,435 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $669 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)