Wintersville, Ohio is a small village located in Jefferson County. It has a long history of civic engagement, and its citizens take pride in their local government. The town’s mayor and council are highly involved in the day-to-day operations of Wintersville, providing important services for its citizens on issues ranging from economic development to public safety. Elections are held every two years for both the mayor and the council seats and always feature an interesting array of candidates with diverse backgrounds and perspectives. The campaigns leading up to these elections provide lively debates on what is best for the future of Wintersville, OH as well as great opportunities for residents to get actively involved in their local politics.
The political climate in Wintersville, OH is moderately conservative.
Jefferson County, OH is very conservative. In Jefferson County, OH 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.3% to 30.0%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wintersville, OH is moderately conservative.
Jefferson County, Ohio is very conservative.
Weirton-Steubenville 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.
Wintersville, Ohio: d d 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 Wintersville, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 873 contributions totaling $41,218 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 940 contributions totaling $404,975 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $431 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)