The city of Painesville, OH is a large city with a population of nearly 19,000 people. Despite its size, politics in the city are generally stable and quiet. Painesville has had two mayors since 2005: Mayor Tim DeGeeter, who was elected in 2009 and is currently serving his 4th term, and Mayor John Hannan who was elected in 2017. The City Council consists of seven members who represent each ward in the city. Issues that the Council addresses include local ordinances, economic development projects, and infrastructure initiatives. Additionally, Painesville citizens can rely on their County Commissioners for regional oversight as well as their State Representatives for broader legislative action impacting the community. As a whole, Painesville’s political climate is generally democratic with an emphasis on progressivism and fiscal responsibility among local leaders.
The political climate in Zip 44077 (Painesville, OH) is somewhat conservative.
Lake County, OH is somewhat conservative. In Lake County, OH 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained strongly Republican, 56.0% to 42.4%.
Lake county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 44077 (Painesville, OH) is somewhat conservative.
Painesville, Ohio is somewhat conservative.
Lake County, Ohio is somewhat 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.
Painesville, Ohio: r r d r R 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 44077 (Painesville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,111 contributions totaling $147,802 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 433 contributions totaling $123,926 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)