Massillon, OH is a city located in Stark County, Ohio. It is a politically active city, with numerous local organizations and initiatives working to improve the community. Local residents often participate in various events and activities hosted by the local political parties or engage in civic duties such as voting. There are two major political parties in Massillon: the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Both have strong presences in the city, vying for votes during each election cycle. Although many people may not know about their local political candidates, they are typically elected based on their ability to represent the values of each party's platform and serve their constituents' needs. Therefore, voters must take into consideration what each candidate stands for before making a decision at the ballot box.
The political climate in Massillon, OH is somewhat conservative.
Stark County, OH is moderately conservative. In Stark County, OH 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stark county remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 39.9%.
Stark county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Massillon, OH is somewhat conservative.
Stark County, Ohio is moderately conservative.
Canton-Massillon Metro Area is moderately 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.
Massillon, Ohio: r d d d 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 Massillon, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,088 contributions totaling $85,810 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 862 contributions totaling $1,246,792 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,446 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)