The small town of Versailles, OH is home to a population of over 4,000 people. The town is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government, with the current mayor being Ken Kieser. The town council consists of five members elected from the community who serve staggered four-year terms. Elections are held in November of even-numbered years, and all positions are nonpartisan. Both local and state issues are discussed at Council meetings, including roads and infrastructure improvements, zoning regulations, public safety initiatives, budgeting for various departments such as public works and police services, and local economic development projects. All residents have the opportunity to be involved in local politics by attending City Council meetings or running for office.
The political climate in Versailles, OH is strongly 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
Versailles, OH is strongly 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.
Versailles, 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 Versailles, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 46 contributions totaling $1,477 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $20,590 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $396 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)