Fairview Park, OH is a small city located in Cuyahoga County. It has a total area of approximately 5.1 square miles and is currently home to over 12,000 residents. The local politics of Fairview Park are based on the Mayor-Council form of government, which consists of a mayor and seven council members who are elected for four-year terms. Currently, Mayor Eileen Ann Patton is in her fourth term as mayor and has held this position since 2008. Since then, she has worked diligently to bring economic growth and development opportunities to Fairview Park through various initiatives and programs. Additionally, the city council works together with the mayor to create ordinances that reflect the needs and wants of their constituents while still being fiscally responsible with taxpayers’ dollars. In recent years, Fairview Park has seen an influx in new businesses and developments that have helped improve the quality of life for its residents.
The political climate in Zip 44126 (Fairview 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 44126 (Fairview Park, OH) is moderately liberal.
Fairview 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.
Fairview 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 44126 (Fairview Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 716 contributions totaling $48,468 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 131 contributions totaling $251,876 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,923 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)