Mansfield, OH is a small city located in Richland County with an estimated population of approximately 47,000. It has long been known for its hard-working citizens and is home to several businesses. Politics and government play an important role in the community of Mansfield, with the city being served by three members of the Ohio House of Representatives, two members of the Ohio Senate and one member of Congress. Local issues such as economic development, infrastructure investment and public safety are regularly discussed at City Council meetings. The City also works closely with county representatives to improve services such as law enforcement and public transportation. Mansfield is a proud community that values both individual rights and collective decision-making, creating a vibrant local democracy where citizens can make their voices heard on issues that matter to them.
The political climate in Zip 44903 (Mansfield, OH) is strongly conservative.
Richland County, OH is very conservative. In Richland County, OH 29.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Richland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.1% to 29.4%.
Richland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 44903 (Mansfield, OH) is strongly conservative.
Mansfield, Ohio is strongly conservative.
Richland County, Ohio is very conservative.
Mansfield 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.
Mansfield, 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 zip 44903 (Mansfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 412 contributions totaling $32,241 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 186 contributions totaling $68,354 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $367 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)