The Ashland, OH Metro Area is home to a vibrant political landscape with several local political organizations and candidates who are actively involved in the community. At the state level, Ohio's congressional districts include the 2nd and 16th districts, both of which run through the Ashland area. In terms of local politics, both Ashland County and Richland County contain numerous elected officials from their respective governing bodies. These elected officials help to make decisions regarding various aspects of life in the Ashland area, such as education, economic development, public transportation, and more. Additionally, there are many local grassroots organizations and individuals who are passionate about making positive changes for their community. From these groups come important conversations that address needs within the community and solutions for how to best serve its citizens.
The political climate in Ashland Metro Area is very conservative.
In Ashland Metro Area 24.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Ashland metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.5% to 24.8%.
The Ashland metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ashland 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.
Ashland, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Ashland Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,525 contributions totaling $62,220 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 359 contributions totaling $125,241 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $349 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)