Shaker Heights is a city located in the northeastern part of Ohio. It is an affluent suburb of Cleveland and was one of the first planned communities in the United States. The population of 44122 Shaker Heights is estimated to be 28,448 people as of 2019. In terms of politics, the city is highly engaged with a variety of local political candidates running for office in recent years. Despite its small size, Shaker Heights has an active political scene where candidates from both major parties are running for local offices such as mayor, council members, and school board directors. As a result, citizens have the opportunity to become involved directly in their city's decision-making process by voting for their preferred candidate and having their voices heard at the local level.
The political climate in Zip 44122 (Shaker Heights, 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 44122 (Shaker Heights, OH) is moderately liberal.
Shaker Heights, 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.
Shaker Heights, 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 44122 (Shaker Heights)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,110 contributions totaling $2,367,814 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $292 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,230 contributions totaling $4,520,051 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $3,675 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)