Oberlin, OH is a small city located in Lorain County with a population of 8,286 people. The city is governed by the mayor and a seven-member council elected to serve four-year terms. The mayor and council are responsible for setting policy for the city government, managing finances, and approving projects. Additionally, Oberlin residents elect representatives to serve on the Lorain County Board of Commissioners. The current mayor of Oberlin is Kristen Peterson who has been in office since 2018. The city council members include Michael Volkovits, Alyssa Pheiffer, David Ashenhurst, Sharon Pearson, Stephen Wittenberg, Geoffrey Voigt & Joshua Steinman. As a community which prides itself on progressive values and social justice activism, Oberlin politics strive to serve the needs and interests of its citizens above all else while striving to uphold the core principles that define their town’s character.
The political climate in Zip 44074 (Oberlin, OH) is leaning liberal.
Lorain County, OH is leaning conservative. In Lorain County, OH 48.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lorain county flipped narrowly Republican, 50.4% to 48.0%.
Lorain county flipped Republican afer voting Democratic in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 44074 (Oberlin, OH) is leaning liberal.
Oberlin, Ohio is leaning liberal.
Lorain County, Ohio is leaning conservative.
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.
Oberlin, Ohio: D D D D d r
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 44074 (Oberlin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,872 contributions totaling $617,960 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 151 contributions totaling $30,513 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)