Stow, OH is a city located in the northeastern part of Ohio. It is home to a diverse population of approximately 34,000 people. The city has a strong focus on community involvement and development, with the local government prioritizing projects that benefit the city’s residents. Stow City Council meetings are open to all residents and provide an opportunity for citizens to weigh in on important decisions concerning their city. The City Council is comprised of elected representatives who serve four year terms, and each election cycle brings new candidates who are passionate about making Stow a better place to live. Local politicians embrace this enthusiasm and work together with the community in order to make Stow even more successful.
The political climate in Stow, OH is leaning liberal.
Summit County, OH is somewhat liberal. In Summit County, OH 53.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Summit county remained moderately Democratic, 53.9% to 44.4%.
Summit county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stow, OH is leaning liberal.
Summit County, Ohio is somewhat liberal.
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.
Stow, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Stow, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,979 contributions totaling $341,395 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 708 contributions totaling $164,643 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)