44044 Grafton, OH is a small city located in Lorain County. It is home to many people who are passionate about local politics and take an active role in the political process. The city has a strong focus on civic engagement and encourages residents to be involved by attending city council meetings, joining local organizations like the Grafton Civic Association, or voting in elections. A variety of topics are discussed at council meetings ranging from budgeting to public education. Local political candidates come from all walks of life and many of them have been very successful in their campaigns for office. Residents of 44044 Grafton, OH can feel proud that they are part of such an engaged political atmosphere where everyone's voice matters.
The political climate in Zip 44044 (Grafton, OH) is somewhat 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 44044 (Grafton, OH) is somewhat conservative.
Grafton, Ohio is somewhat 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.
Grafton, 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 44044 (Grafton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 149 contributions totaling $16,683 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $17,248 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)