Pitsburg, OH is a small town located in southwestern Ohio. It is a tight-knit community with an active local government that serves the citizens of Pitsburg. The political scene in Pitsburg consists of local politicians from both the Democratic and Republican parties. Many of the politicians are well known to the residents of Pitsburg, as their campaigns for office often include visits to local businesses and events. The current mayor of Pitsburg is Kyle Wells, who was elected in 2019. He ran on a platform focused on economic development and increased infrastructure investment for the town. In addition, several city council members have been elected in recent years including Mary Jo Miller, Pete Scanlon, and John Smith. These individuals all work together to ensure that the needs of the people of Pitsburg are met through legislative action.
The political climate in Pitsburg, OH is very conservative.
Darke County, OH is very conservative. In Darke County, OH 17.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Darke county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.0% to 17.4%.
Darke county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pitsburg, OH is very conservative.
Darke County, Ohio is very conservative.
Greenville 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.
Pitsburg, 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 Pitsburg, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $373 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 98 contributions totaling $12,887 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)