The politics in 44224 Stow, OH are an important part of the local landscape. The city is represented by a mayor and four council members who work together to make decisions on behalf of the citizens. The mayor and council members are elected for four-year terms in Stow's non-partisan elections. Issues that have been addressed by the city government in recent years include property taxes, public safety, infrastructure development, and maintaining services such as parks and recreation. Residents in 44224 can get involved in local politics through attending council meetings or voting in elections. By following the rules of democracy, citizens can have their voices heard on issues affecting their community.
The political climate in Zip 44224 (Stow, OH) is leaning liberal.
Summit County, OH is somewhat liberal. In Summit County, OH 53.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Summit county remained moderately Democratic, 53.9% to 44.4%.
Summit county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 44224 (Stow, OH) is leaning liberal.
Stow, Ohio is leaning liberal.
Summit County, Ohio is somewhat liberal.
Akron Metro Area is leaning 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.
Stow, 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 44224 (Stow)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,680 contributions totaling $100,325 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 348 contributions totaling $101,621 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $292 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)