Belmont County, Ohio is home to vibrant political activity. The county is represented in the Ohio House of Representatives by Jack Cera (D-District 95) and Ryan Smith (R-District 93). In the Senate, the county is represented by Frank Hoagland (R-District 30). Locally, Belmont County has three Commissioners who provide governance and executive leadership: Josh Meyer (R), J.P. Dutton (R), and Jerry Echemann(D). On the national level, Belmont County is served by Congressman Bill Johnson (R) from Ohio's 6th congressional district. With two Democratic representatives at the State level and one Republican Congressional representative, Belmont County displays a diverse political representation that reflects its constituency.
The political climate in Belmont County, OH is very conservative.
In Belmont County, OH 27.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Belmont county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 27.6%.
Belmont county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Belmont County, OH is very conservative.
Wheeling 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.
Belmont, 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 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 Belmont County, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 683 contributions totaling $93,419 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 936 contributions totaling $1,569,668 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,677 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)