Champaign County, located in the state of Ohio, is a rural area with a population of about 38,000 people. It is served by five municipalities and numerous villages and townships spread across its 444 square miles. Politically, it is a staunchly conservative area that usually supports Republican candidates for office. The county is served by three state legislators from the Ohio General Assembly: Senator Bob Hackett and Representatives Kyle Koehler and Steve Huffman. These representatives work hard to represent the interests of their constituents while advocating for conservative policies in the legislature. The political landscape in Champaign County can best be summed up as strongly conservative with an emphasis on traditional values and fiscal responsibility.
The political climate in Champaign County, OH is very conservative.
In Champaign County, OH 25.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Champaign county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.9% to 25.3%.
Champaign county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Champaign County, OH is very conservative.
Urbana 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.
Champaign, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Champaign County, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 615 contributions totaling $25,548 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 225 contributions totaling $81,979 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $364 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)