Wellington, OH is a small town located in Lorain County with a population of around 5,000 people. It has been a strong community since its founding in 1816 by William Craig. The politics of Wellington are driven by the local government and focus on improving the quality of life for all citizens. Local elected officials include the Mayor, Council President, six council members, Auditor & Treasurer, City Clerk and Law Director. The Mayor and Council work together to address issues that affect the local economy, public safety and health care. They are also responsible for approving development projects and setting long-term goals for the community. Additionally, Wellington has strong relationships with its surrounding townships and neighboring cities which is beneficial for shared resources such as fire protection services. Overall, the town of Wellington has an engaged political system that works together to ensure its citizens have access to quality services and amenities.
The political climate in Zip 44090 (Wellington, 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 44090 (Wellington, OH) is somewhat conservative.
Wellington, 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.
Wellington, 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 44090 (Wellington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 570 contributions totaling $18,889 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $13,345 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)