Brook Park, OH is a city in Cuyahoga County located just south of Cleveland. The city's local politics are mostly focused on issues such as economic development and public safety. In addition, the city is also concerned with local environmental quality and education issues. Local elections are held for the mayor as well as City Council members and other offices throughout the year. Candidates running for these positions are typically residents of Brook Park and come from a variety of backgrounds. Their campaigns usually feature platforms that address topics such as fiscal responsibility, neighborhood growth, job creation, infrastructure improvements, and more. Recent elections have seen increased voter turnout and involvement from citizens looking to have their voices heard in government decisions that impact their lives.
The political climate in Zip 44142 (Brook Park, 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 44142 (Brook Park, OH) is moderately liberal.
Brook Park, 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.
Brook Park, 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 44142 (Brook Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 155 contributions totaling $4,338 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 67 contributions totaling $19,996 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $298 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)