Steubenville, Ohio is an important political center in the state. It is home to many of the state's government offices, including the Jefferson County Courthouse and the Statehouse. The city is represented in the Ohio House of Representatives by Republican Jack Cera and Democrat Brandon Suto, both of whom serve on various committees. Additionally, Steubenville is home to two Ohio senators: Republican Frank Hoagland and Democrat Sean O'Brien. The city also elects a mayor every four years who oversees local politics. Currently, Mayor Jerry Barilla serves as the city's leader. Many people in Steubenville are passionate about their politics and stay involved in debates and campaigns throughout election season. As a result, residents take an active role in making sure their voices are heard when it comes to choosing leaders for local government positions.
The political climate in Zip 43953 (Steubenville, OH) is strongly conservative.
Jefferson County, OH is very conservative. In Jefferson County, OH 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.3% to 30.0%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43953 (Steubenville, OH) is strongly conservative.
Steubenville, Ohio is strongly conservative.
Jefferson County, Ohio is very conservative.
Weirton-Steubenville 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.
Steubenville, 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 zip 43953 (Steubenville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 99 contributions totaling $9,787 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 145 contributions totaling $90,015 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $621 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)