The city of Rocky River, OH is located in Cuyahoga County and is a hotbed for political activity. The city is home to over 20,000 people and is represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Democratic Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur. At the state level, Rocky River residents are represented by Republican State Senator Matt Dolan. At the local level, Rocky River City Council consists of six members representing different wards throughout the city. Mayor Pam Bobst has been serving since January 2019 and was just re-elected in November 2020 for a second term. Local elections for Mayor and City Council take place every two years on odd years with filing deadlines during the summer months prior to November鈥檚 general election. In addition to electing representatives, citizens can also become involved in the political process through attending public meetings held by City Council or participating in various voting initiatives throughout the year.
The political climate in Zip 44116 (Rocky River, 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 44116 (Rocky River, OH) is moderately liberal.
Rocky River, 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.
Rocky River, 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 44116 (Rocky River)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,519 contributions totaling $615,892 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $405 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 646 contributions totaling $818,386 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,267 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)