Kipton, OH is a small town in Ohio with a close-knit community. Politically, the town is largely run by the mayor and city council - both of whom are elected locally and serve four-year terms. The mayor and city council are responsible for setting the budget, enacting ordinances, and ensuring that local services such as utilities, libraries, public safety, and parks are adequately maintained. In addition, the city council is responsible for holding hearings on various matters before taking action on any issue. While there may be some disagreement among citizens about particular issues or decisions made by elected officials in Kipton, overall the community remains supportive of our local government.
The political climate in Kipton, OH is somewhat conservative.
Lorain County, OH is leaning conservative. In Lorain County, OH 48.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lorain county flipped narrowly Republican, 50.4% to 48.0%.
Lorain county flipped Republican afer voting Democratic in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kipton, OH is somewhat conservative.
Lorain County, Ohio is leaning conservative.
Cleveland-Elyria Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Kipton, Ohio: D D D D d 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 Kipton, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,872 contributions totaling $617,960 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 151 contributions totaling $30,513 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)