Willoughby, Ohio is a suburban city located in Lorain County. It has a diverse population of more than 22,000 residents and is home to vibrant neighborhoods and businesses. Politically, the area is represented by politicians from both major parties at all levels of government - local, state and federal - with representation from the Democratic and Republican parties. At the local level, Willoughby has two city council members representing its residents on the Willoughby City Council. The current council members are Steve Altes and Matt Dolan, both of whom have long histories of service to their community. Additionally, Willoughby's State Representative in the Ohio House of Representatives is Bob Cupp. The representatives for Lorain County at large in the United States Congress are Marcy Kaptur (Ohio's 9th congressional district) and Tim Ryan (Ohio's 13th congressional district). All of these elected officials work hard to ensure that Willoughby's citizens are represented in our government system at all levels.
The political climate in Zip 44094 (Willoughby, 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 44094 (Willoughby, OH) is somewhat conservative.
Willoughby, 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.
Willoughby, 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 44094 (Willoughby)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,354 contributions totaling $118,569 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 808 contributions totaling $622,758 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $771 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)