Spencerville, Ohio is a small community located in Allen County. It is home to a diverse population of approximately 1,200 people. Despite its small size, Spencerville has an active political life with citizens taking part in local elections and other activities. The city council is responsible for governing the city and manages many aspects of daily life such as infrastructure development, waste management, and water regulation. Every two years residents can elect council members who will help decide on local matters such as budgeting, zoning laws, and public safety initiatives. Additionally, voters of Spencerville are actively engaged in state and federal elections which allow them to shape the future of the country as a whole. Overall political activity in Spencerville is something that the city takes pride in and works to ensure that everyone’s voice is heard.
The political climate in Spencerville, OH is strongly conservative.
Allen County, OH is very conservative. In Allen County, OH 29.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allen county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.8% to 29.4%.
Allen county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spencerville, OH is strongly conservative.
Allen County, Ohio is very conservative.
Lima 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.
Spencerville, 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 Spencerville, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $1,551 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $3,520 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)