Barnesville, OH is a small town located in Belmont county with a population of around 3,000 people. The local politics in Barnesville are led by the mayor of the city and six members of City Council who each serve four year terms. The mayor and council members are elected by the citizens of Barnesville to make sure that their voice is heard on how the city should be run. City hall is responsible for providing public services such as water, sewer, garbage collection, and police protection to residents. During election season, candidates will often come out into the community to meet with voters and discuss their views on how the town should be run. It's important for all citizens to take part in the election process to ensure that their voice is heard in local government decisions.
The political climate in Barnesville, OH is strongly conservative.
Belmont County, OH is very conservative. In Belmont County, OH 27.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Belmont county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 27.6%.
Belmont county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Barnesville, OH is strongly conservative.
Belmont County, Ohio is very conservative.
Wheeling 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.
Barnesville, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Barnesville, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $2,437 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $27,119 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $460 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)