Ripley, Ohio is a small rural town with a population of around 2,000 people. It is located in Brown County and has a thriving local economy. Despite its small size, Ripley has an active and engaged political landscape. The town has two City Councils – one representing the residents of the city and one composed of representatives from local businesses. Both councils work together to ensure that the needs of the citizens are met. Additionally, Ripley has a Mayor-council form of government that consists of an elected mayor who serves as the head of government for the city. Each year, local residents elect new officials to represent them on these councils, and these representatives are responsible for creating policy and managing city resources to better serve their constituents. Ripley also holds regular town hall meetings to engage with citizens and address their concerns about local issues. This type of involvement helps keep politics in Ripley vibrant and ensures that the voices of the people are heard on important matters that affect their community.
The political climate in Ripley, OH is strongly conservative.
Brown County, OH is very conservative. In Brown County, OH 20.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brown county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.0% to 20.7%.
Brown county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ripley, OH is strongly conservative.
Brown County, Ohio is very conservative.
Cincinnati Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Ripley, 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 Ripley, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $507 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $2,001 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)