Eaton, Ohio is a small city of about 8,000 people located in Preble County. The current mayor of Eaton is Dave Rutledge, who was elected to the office in 2017. The city council consists of seven members elected at large from four wards. Each member serves for a term of four years. At the state level, Eaton is part of the 10th Senate District and the 43rd House District and is represented by Senators Stephen A. Huffman and Jeff Rezabek respectively. On the federal level, Eaton is part of Ohio’s 8th congressional district and is represented by Congressman Warren Davidson in Washington D.C. There are also numerous county commissioners who oversee many aspects of life within Preble County such as taxation, roads and bridges maintenance, health services and more. Eaton residents have always been active in local politics and have taken part in elections since the early 19th century with great success. This has resulted in a strong sense of community engagement that continues to this day. In recent years, local mayoral races have become highly contested events with candidates from both major parties vying for votes on issues such as economic development, crime reduction, education reform and environmental protection.
The political climate in Eaton, OH is strongly conservative.
Preble County, OH is very conservative. In Preble County, OH 20.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Preble county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 20.6%.
Preble county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Eaton, OH is strongly conservative.
Preble County, Ohio 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.
Eaton, 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 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 Eaton, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 274 contributions totaling $8,908 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 208 contributions totaling $16,085 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)