Scioto County, Ohio is an area known for its political diversity. With several state representatives and senators representing the area, many different opinions on key issues are represented in the county. The current state representatives are Terry Johnson (R) and Jack Cera (D). Both represent the people of the county in their respective parties to make sure their voices are heard in Columbus. Local elections for county commissioners, school boards, judges, mayors, and other offices take place every year, giving everyone a chance to participate in the political process. Issues such as taxation, education, infrastructure, health care and more are at stake when voting for these local officials. People living in Scioto County can take part in local politics by attending public meetings or forums held by elected officials to learn more about their views on issues that matter to them personally.
The political climate in Scioto County, OH is very conservative.
In Scioto County, OH 28.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scioto county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.5% to 28.3%.
Scioto county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Scioto County, OH is very conservative.
Portsmouth 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.
Scioto, 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 Scioto County, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,986 contributions totaling $105,993 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 506 contributions totaling $118,257 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)