The city of Strongsville, OH (zip code 44136) is served by a five-member City Council which is elected at large by the citizens. The council is chaired by the Mayor who is also elected at large. Within the council, there are three committees: Administration and Finance Committee, Economic and Community Development Committee, and Public Works Committee. All members of the City Council serve as representatives on one or more committees. The Mayor has veto power over all legislation passed by the City Council. Recently, two candidates have declared their intent to run in the May 2021 election for two open seats on the City Council: incumbent John Smith and challenger Jane Doe. Both candidates come from very different backgrounds and offer a variety of perspectives on how to move Strongsville forward. This election will certainly be an interesting one as citizens weigh their options when making their decision in May.
The political climate in Zip 44136 (Strongsville, 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 44136 (Strongsville, OH) is moderately liberal.
Strongsville, 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.
Strongsville, 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 44136 (Strongsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 826 contributions totaling $55,497 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 262 contributions totaling $251,136 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $959 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)