Lewistown, OH is a small town located in south-central Ohio. The town has a long history of political involvement and has had many local politicians over the years. The current mayor is Mark Johnson, who was elected in November 2018 and is running for re-election in 2021. Other local politicians include city council members, county commissioners, school board members, and state representatives. Each of them works to ensure that the citizens of Lewistown have their voices heard by making sure that decisions are made with their best interests in mind. Lewistown also has active participation from its residents on important issues such as taxation and infrastructure projects. Local elections often draw a large voter turnout with residents eager to cast their ballots and make their opinions count.
The political climate in Lewistown, OH is very conservative.
Logan County, OH is very conservative. In Logan County, OH 21.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Logan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.7% to 21.6%.
Logan county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lewistown, OH is very conservative.
Logan County, Ohio is very conservative.
Bellefontaine 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.
Lewistown, 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 Lewistown, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $60 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $7,229 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $329 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)