North Lawrence, OH is a small town located in Stark County. While it is not known for its politics, North Lawrence does have a mayor and city council that manage the local government. The current mayor of North Lawrence is Mike Walters who was elected in 2016 and has been serving ever since. The city council consists of five members all from different wards within the town. They work together to set the budget and create laws to keep the community safe and thriving. The residents of North Lawrence take part in the local elections by voting for their preferred candidates as well as for other important matters such as school levies or municipal bond issues. Additionally, North Lawrence is part of Stark County which has its own board of county commissioners who handle county-wide issues such as public safety, health care, and infrastructure improvements. While politics may not always be at the forefront in North Lawrence, it does play an important role in keeping the community strong and prosperous.
The political climate in North Lawrence, OH is moderately 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
North Lawrence, OH is moderately 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.
North Lawrence, 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 North Lawrence, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $25,446 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $407,390 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $7,275 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)