Coal Grove, OH is an active political community that places a great emphasis on civic engagement. From the local village council to county-wide offices, residents of Coal Grove are passionate about making sure their voices are heard. The village council works hard to ensure that the town's local needs are being addressed and citizens are encouraged to get involved in politics at all levels. In the past few years there have been several contested elections for mayor, city council seats, and other positions of power. This serves as a testament to the strength of Coal Grove's political engagement and its citizens' commitment to making sure their individual voices are heard.
The political climate in Coal Grove, OH is moderately conservative.
Lawrence County, OH is very conservative. In Lawrence County, OH 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lawrence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.1% to 26.6%.
Lawrence county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Coal Grove, OH is moderately conservative.
Lawrence County, Ohio is very conservative.
Huntington-Ashland 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.
Coal Grove, 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 Coal Grove, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 150 contributions totaling $7,346 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 338 contributions totaling $39,644 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)