The Plains, Ohio is a small town located in Athens County. It has a population of around 2,000 people and is a rural community with a strong sense of local pride. The politics in The Plains are typically held to the same standards as other towns and villages throughout the state of Ohio. Local elections are held every two years and feature candidates from both major political parties. These candidates often focus on issues such as job creation and economic development, education reform, public safety, infrastructure improvement, environmental protection, and social justice. In addition to local elections, residents can also join local political groups or attend meetings and hearings on topics that affect their community. While The Plains may be small in size it still has important political issues that matter to its citizens who take part in the democratic process to make their voices heard.
The political climate in The Plains, OH is leaning liberal.
Athens County, OH is somewhat liberal. In Athens County, OH 56.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Athens county remained strongly Democratic, 56.6% to 41.6%.
Athens county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
The Plains, OH is leaning liberal.
Athens County, Ohio is somewhat liberal.
Athens Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
The Plains, Ohio: D D D D D D
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 The Plains, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,954 contributions totaling $412,725 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 325 contributions totaling $52,582 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)