Summit County, Ohio is a vibrant county with a diverse and engaged population. Politically speaking, the county is quite active, with a variety of national, state, and local political issues that the citizens are engaged in. On a national level, Summit County residents support candidates from both major political parties. At the state level, there have been efforts to pass legislation in areas such as healthcare and education reform. On a local level, many Summit County residents are involved in issues such as taxes and zoning regulations. Throughout Summit County there are also activists who lobby for their causes or participate in rallies or protests. Every election season brings out passionate campaigners on both sides of the aisle fighting for the votes of Summit County's citizens.
The political climate in 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
Summit County, OH 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.
Summit, 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 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 Summit County, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 18,625 contributions totaling $2,320,747 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,555 contributions totaling $3,805,017 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $835 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)