Yellow Springs, OH is a small village located in the Miami Valley region of western Ohio. It is home to a diverse population of just over 4,000 people. The local government consists of a mayor, five council members and an appointed manager who oversee a range of services including police and fire protection, public works and utilities, parks and recreation, and more. The local elections for mayor and council are nonpartisan but generally involve candidates with varied perspectives on the issues facing Yellow Springs. In recent years these have included topics such as economic development, affordable housing, environmental protection, public safety, land use planning and community engagement. As a small town with limited resources yet growing pressure from outside forces Yellow Springs faces many unique challenges when it comes to politics. Therefore it is important for residents to be informed about the issues before they cast their ballot so that they can make an informed decision on who will best represent them in the local government.
The political climate in Yellow Springs, OH is somewhat conservative.
Greene County, OH is moderately conservative. In Greene County, OH 39.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greene county remained very strongly Republican, 58.7% to 39.3%.
Greene county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Yellow Springs, OH is somewhat conservative.
Greene County, Ohio is moderately 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.
Yellow Springs, 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 Yellow Springs, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,549 contributions totaling $354,997 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 104 contributions totaling $16,256 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)