The city of North Olmsted, OH is part of Cuyahoga County and is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current Mayor is Kevin Kennedy, who was elected in 2017. He is supported by a seven-member City Council, with members elected from each of the seven wards within the city. North Olmsted residents have a long history of participating in local politics and making their voices heard on issues such as tax increases, zoning changes, and education funding. Recent efforts to pass legislation that would create more transparency in the local government have been met with strong support from citizens throughout 44070. There are also several upcoming elections that will feature candidates running for various positions within the city government. Residents in North Olmsted are encouraged to research all of the available candidates and make an educated decision when voting this November.
The political climate in Zip 44070 (North Olmsted, 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
Zip 44070 (North Olmsted, OH) is moderately liberal.
North Olmsted, Ohio 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.
North Olmsted, 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 zip 44070 (North Olmsted)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 754 contributions totaling $54,078 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 279 contributions totaling $222,307 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $797 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)