Avon Lake, OH is a great place to live, and the political landscape reflects this. The city has four wards, each represented by two City Council members who are elected to serve on the Avon Lake City Council. The Mayor is also elected at large. The current Mayor is Greg Zilka and the City Council consists of Chairperson Kevin Ward, Vice-Chairperson Vito Sinopoli, Michael Berlucchi and Christopher Ronayne. All of these representatives are dedicated to serving their constituents in order to maintain a high quality of life for all residents of Avon Lake. The City Council works hard to provide necessary services such as police protection, fire safety, trash collection, and roadway maintenance while still actively working to develop economic opportunities for all citizens. They recognize the importance of fostering a sense of community while balancing fiscal responsibility with providing necessary services for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 44012 (Avon Lake, OH) is leaning conservative.
Lorain County, OH is leaning conservative. In Lorain County, OH 48.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lorain county flipped narrowly Republican, 50.4% to 48.0%.
Lorain county flipped Republican afer voting Democratic in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 44012 (Avon Lake, OH) is leaning conservative.
Avon Lake, Ohio is leaning conservative.
Lorain County, Ohio is leaning 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.
Avon Lake, Ohio: D D D D d 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 44012 (Avon Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 896 contributions totaling $79,985 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 401 contributions totaling $284,703 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $710 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)