Cleveland, a city in the state of Ohio, is politically active. The city is currently represented in Congress by Rep. Marcia Fudge, who was elected to serve her 8th Congressional term in November 2020. Other political figures representing Cleveland in the state legislature include Sen. Sandra Williams and Reps. Stephanie Howse and Juanita Brent. On the local level, Cleveland holds regular elections for mayor and city council members, as well as other key positions within the government system. Additionally, citizens can get involved by voting on local ballot initiatives that affect all facets of life throughout the 44106 zip code area. With such strong representation at both the federal and local levels of government, Clevelanders are given plenty of opportunities to have their voices heard on matters impacting their lives every day.
The political climate in Zip 44106 (Cleveland, OH) is strongly 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 44106 (Cleveland, OH) is strongly liberal.
Cleveland, Ohio is strongly 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 44106 (Cleveland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,725 contributions totaling $1,054,436 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 270 contributions totaling $208,381 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $772 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)