The Wilmington, OH Metro Area is a part of the Cincinnati–Middletown metropolitan area and is home to multiple political parties. The parties that are most involved in the politics of the area are the Democratic Party and Republican Party, both of which have local chapters and active members who regularly participate in local elections. Local candidates from these two parties compete for mayor, city council seats, county commissioner positions, and more. In addition to the two major parties, there are also several smaller third-party organizations that have an active presence in local elections. For example, the Libertarian Party has candidates running for office in Wilmington every election cycle.
Overall, politics in Wilmington is a vibrant and diverse activity with many different people taking part. Elections tend to be highly contested as local candidates strive to win votes from residents in order to continue their work or help bring about new changes they believe will benefit their community.
The political climate in Wilmington Metro Area is very conservative.
In Wilmington Metro Area 22.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Wilmington metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.3% to 22.8%.
The Wilmington metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wilmington 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.
Wilmington, 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 Wilmington Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,314 contributions totaling $123,030 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 424 contributions totaling $53,223 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)