Newcomerstown, Ohio is a small village with a population of around 3,000 people in Tuscarawas County. The town is governed by a mayor and a nine-member board of members who serve as the legislative branch. The mayor is directly elected by the citizens every four years and has significant decision making power. The nine-member board consists of members who are elected from five wards for four year terms. The current mayor, Pat Cadle, was elected in 2015 and is currently serving her second term. Together the mayor and council work to ensure that the needs of the citizens are met, while engaging in economic development activities that will benefit the community as a whole. Newcomerstown also holds elections for issues such as levy renewals or additional taxes on residents' property. In addition to these local political matters, many citizens take an active role in advocating for state wide policies on issues such as healthcare reform, education funding, and environmental protection. These efforts help ensure that Newcomerstown remains a vibrant community for generations to come.
The political climate in Newcomerstown, OH is moderately conservative.
Tuscarawas County, OH is very conservative. In Tuscarawas County, OH 29.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tuscarawas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.1% to 29.2%.
Tuscarawas county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Newcomerstown, OH is moderately conservative.
Tuscarawas County, Ohio is very conservative.
New Philadelphia-Dover Metro Area is very 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.
Newcomerstown, Ohio: r R d r 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 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 Newcomerstown, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 648 contributions totaling $22,882 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 70 contributions totaling $9,042 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)