White Oak, Ohio is a small town located in the southern part of the state. Although it is a small location, politics still plays an important role in the lives of its citizens. The city is governed by an elected mayor and council, who are responsible for enacting policies which affect the town’s residents. Local elections are held every two years to determine who will serve on the city council. Additionally, White Oak has a representative in both the Ohio House and Senate of the General Assembly. This representative works hard to ensure that White Oak’s needs and concerns are taken into account when legislation is being considered in Columbus. Citizens of White Oak take pride in their political process, feeling that their representatives work hard to better their community through their efforts and representation at both local and state government levels.
The political climate in White Oak, OH is leaning liberal.
Hamilton County, OH is somewhat liberal. In Hamilton County, OH 57.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamilton county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.1% to 41.3%.
Hamilton county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
White Oak, OH is leaning liberal.
Hamilton County, Ohio is somewhat liberal.
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.
White Oak, Ohio: R r 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 White Oak, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,602 contributions totaling $94,350 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,196 contributions totaling $275,206 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)