Massillon, OH is a small city located in Stark County, and it has a thriving political atmosphere. The city is home to the Massillon City Council, which consists of seven members elected by the residents on an at-large basis. The Mayor is also elected by the residents and serves as the Chairman of the City Council. In addition to this local government structure, Massillon is also represented by various state and federal representatives who are elected by the citizens in order to represent their interests in government. Political participation in Massillon is high with residents actively involved in numerous organizations and events that shape local politics. Through engagement with these organizations and events, citizens have the opportunity to make their voices heard when it comes to issues such as education, crime prevention, public safety, economic development, environmental protection, and more.
The political climate in Zip 44646 (Massillon, OH) is somewhat conservative.
Stark County, OH is moderately conservative. In Stark County, OH 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stark county remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 39.9%.
Stark county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 44646 (Massillon, OH) is somewhat conservative.
Massillon, Ohio is somewhat conservative.
Stark County, Ohio is moderately conservative.
Canton-Massillon Metro Area is moderately 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.
Massillon, Ohio: r d d d 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 44646 (Massillon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 592 contributions totaling $40,173 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 488 contributions totaling $314,315 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $644 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)