The politics in Garfield Heights, OH 44125 are largely focused on the local government and the election of its mayor and city council members. The most recent mayoral election was held in November 2020, where incumbent Mayor Vic Collova was re-elected to his fourth term. The current city council consists of seven members that serve two-year terms with staggered elections. City Council meetings are open to the public and usually held twice a month. Issues addressed in these meetings include taxation, infrastructure, budgeting, safety services, housing regulations, economic development, and other topics important to the community. Garfield Heights is a diverse community with many unique needs, so it is important for residents to stay informed about local political issues and to make sure their voices are heard at the polls during elections.
The political climate in Zip 44125 (Garfield Heights, OH) is strongly 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 44125 (Garfield Heights, OH) is strongly liberal.
Garfield Heights, Ohio is strongly 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.
Garfield Heights, 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 44125 (Garfield Heights)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 113 contributions totaling $16,710 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 133 contributions totaling $567,660 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $4,268 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)