Garrettsville, Ohio is located in Portage County and is part of the greater Cleveland-Akron metropolitan area. The small village has a long-standing tradition of vibrant political involvement that extends from the local level all the way up to state government. In recent years, Garrettsville residents have supported candidates who advocate for fiscal responsibility and sustainable economic growth. On the local level, village trustees are responsible for decision making on important issues like infrastructure construction, property taxes, and public safety initiatives. Local elections often draw large numbers of interested citizens who take part in open discussions about current topics such as funding for local schools and protecting natural resources. Overall, Garrettsville's passionate commitment to civic engagement promotes an inclusive atmosphere for healthy political discourse.
The political climate in Zip 44231 (Garrettsville, OH) is moderately conservative.
Portage County, OH is somewhat conservative. In Portage County, OH 43.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Portage county remained strongly Republican, 55.4% to 43.0%.
Portage county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 44231 (Garrettsville, OH) is moderately conservative.
Garrettsville, Ohio is moderately conservative.
Portage County, Ohio is somewhat conservative.
Akron Metro Area is leaning 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.
Garrettsville, 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 44231 (Garrettsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 128 contributions totaling $9,475 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $9,236 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)