Belpre, OH is a small city located in Washington County in Ohio. The city population is approximately 6,000 people and it has a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor of Belpre is Michael Lorentz, who was elected in 2019 for his first term. There are seven members on the City Council, five of whom were recently elected in 2019 and two appointed at-large members. On the local political scene, Belpre has two major political parties: the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Both parties have active branches within Belpre that participate in various activities such as debates, rallies and other events to enhance their respective candidates’ chances of winning elections. Additionally, several independent candidates also run for office from time to time. In general, Belpre residents tend to lean towards more conservative political ideologies with the Republicans having an edge over Democrats when it comes to winning local elections.
The political climate in Belpre, OH is moderately conservative.
Washington County, OH is very conservative. In Washington County, OH 28.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.5% to 28.8%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Belpre, OH is moderately conservative.
Washington County, Ohio is very conservative.
Marietta 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.
Belpre, 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 Belpre, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 138 contributions totaling $13,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 106 contributions totaling $13,785 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)