South Salem, OH is a small town located in the mid-western United States. It has a population of approximately 700 people and is home to many families and small businesses. The politics in South Salem are primarily focused on issues that affect the local community such as education, infrastructure funding, and development. The main political party in South Salem is the Republican Party, which generally supports lower taxes, limited government involvement in citizens' lives, and fiscal responsibility. Local politicians focus on ensuring that their constituents are well represented on the local level by advocating for their best interests. Currently, no local political candidates have announced their candidacy for any election taking place in South Salem.
The political climate in South Salem, OH is very conservative.
Ross County, OH is very conservative. In Ross County, OH 31.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ross county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.8% to 31.6%.
Ross county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South Salem, OH is very conservative.
Ross County, Ohio is very conservative.
Chillicothe 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.
South Salem, 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 South Salem, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 92 contributions totaling $2,389 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)