Cleveland, OH is the 44127 area code and is a politically active community. The city is known for its strong support of progressive values such as environmentalism and economic opportunity. The current mayor of Cleveland is Frank Jackson, who has been in office since 2006. He has pushed for measures that protect residents from gentrification, invest in public transportation, promote green initiatives, and increase the minimum wage. Additionally, he has worked to create an environment for small businesses to thrive and provided resources for unemployed citizens to find new employment. Outside of Cleveland, many Ohio politicians are active on the state level in advocating for progressive values like tackling climate change, protecting reproductive rights, increasing gun safety regulations, and making healthcare accessible to all residents. Clevelanders are passionate about their civic duty and take pride in being involved in local politics by putting their beliefs into action and voting during elections.
The political climate in Zip 44127 (Cleveland, OH) is very 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 44127 (Cleveland, OH) is very liberal.
Cleveland, Ohio is very 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.
Cleveland, 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 44127 (Cleveland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 70 contributions totaling $3,957 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $2,640 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $293 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)