Portsmouth, OH is a small town in the southern part of Ohio, located near the border of Kentucky and West Virginia. While Portsmouth has a small population, it is still an important part of the local and state political landscape. The town's mayor is Jack Everson, who was elected in 2016 after serving as a city councilman for four years. Additionally, there are several members of the Portsmouth City Council that play an important role in local politics. Issues that are important to residents include job growth and infrastructure improvements. In recent years, mayoral and city council candidates have focused on increasing economic development opportunities and improving public safety initiatives. Through these efforts, Portsmouth seeks to create a more prosperous community for its citizens.
The political climate in Portsmouth, OH is moderately conservative.
Scioto County, OH is very conservative. In Scioto County, OH 28.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scioto county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.5% to 28.3%.
Scioto county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Portsmouth, OH is moderately conservative.
Scioto County, Ohio is very conservative.
Portsmouth 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.
Portsmouth, Ohio: r r r 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 Portsmouth, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,580 contributions totaling $78,787 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 246 contributions totaling $84,209 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $342 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)