Xenia, OH is a small city located in Greene County with a population of around 25,000 people. The city is home to many local businesses and offers plenty of entertainment options for both residents and visitors. Politically, the city is divided between Republicans and Democrats. Xenia votes Republican in presidential elections but there are some Democratic voters as well. Locally, three political candidates dominate the elections: Joe Hellebusch (R), Pat Jett (D), and Charles “Chuck” Smith Jr. (R). Joe Hellebusch has served as mayor since 2013 and is running for re-election this year against Pat Jett who has been a member of Xenia City Council since 2015, and Charles “Chuck” Smith Jr., who has been on council since 2019. All three candidates have very different stances on issues such as taxes, public safety, job growth, infrastructure investments, education funding, and environmental protection which makes for an interesting race between them during this election season.
The political climate in Xenia, OH is somewhat conservative.
Greene County, OH is moderately conservative. In Greene County, OH 39.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greene county remained very strongly Republican, 58.7% to 39.3%.
Greene county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Xenia, OH is somewhat conservative.
Greene County, Ohio is moderately 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.
Xenia, 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 Xenia, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 917 contributions totaling $125,114 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 479 contributions totaling $230,875 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $482 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)