Gates Mills, Ohio is a small town located in Cuyahoga County. Its current estimated population is 2,395. The local politics in the town are largely determined by the local government of Gates Mills Village Council, which serves to help manage the development and operation of its community. The village council consists of seven members who are elected by the people of the community and serve four-year terms. These elected officials meet regularly to discuss important issues relevant to their village, such as infrastructure improvements or zoning changes. Additionally, Gates Mills has been represented at the state level since 2008 by State Representative Kristin Boggs. She works diligently to ensure that residents have access to quality public services and that important matters impacting the town are addressed in a timely manner.
The political climate in Zip 44040 (Gates Mills, 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 44040 (Gates Mills, OH) is moderately liberal.
Gates Mills, 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.
Gates Mills, 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 44040 (Gates Mills)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,206 contributions totaling $615,414 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $510 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 642 contributions totaling $1,438,601 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,241 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)