Kelleys Island, OH is a small island town located in the western basin of Lake Erie. It is part of Erie County and has a population of 367 residents, according to the 2010 census. The local government is made up of two elected officials who serve as trustees. These trustees are responsible for setting ordinances, collecting taxes and other duties related to how the island is governed. In addition, there are three appointed members on the board that assist the trustees in decision making. Every four years, islanders come out to vote for their preferred trustee and board members in local elections. While turnout can be relatively low due to the limited number of eligible voters, these elections are important for determining who will lead the island's government over the next few years.
The political climate in Zip 43438 (Kelleys Island, OH) is somewhat conservative.
Erie County, OH is somewhat conservative. In Erie County, OH 43.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Erie county remained strongly Republican, 54.8% to 43.3%.
Erie county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43438 (Kelleys Island, OH) is somewhat conservative.
Kelleys Island, Ohio is somewhat conservative.
Erie County, Ohio is somewhat conservative.
Sandusky Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
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.
Kelleys Island, Ohio: d d D D r 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 43438 (Kelleys Island)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 208 contributions totaling $1,786 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $9 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)