Columbiana, Ohio is a smaller city with a population of about 3,500 residents. The politics of Columbiana are heavily influenced by the local government and community. The city is served by a mayor and six council members who make up the city’s legislative body. Together they work to make decisions that will have an impact on the future of the city. In addition to local politicians, Columbiana also has representatives in both houses of the Ohio State Legislature, which makes laws for all of Ohio. The people of Columbiana are involved in their own government and take active roles in decisions that shape their community's future. They take part in elections as well as participate in public meetings and forums to express their concerns or ideas for improving life in their hometown. Overall, politics play an important role in shaping the environment and direction of Columbiana for all its citizens.
The political climate in Columbiana, OH is strongly conservative.
Columbiana County, OH is very conservative. In Columbiana County, OH 26.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Columbiana county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.5% to 26.7%.
Columbiana county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Columbiana, OH is strongly conservative.
Columbiana County, Ohio is very conservative.
Salem 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.
Columbiana, 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 Columbiana, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 114 contributions totaling $21,324 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 489 contributions totaling $163,326 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $334 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)