In the small town of Arlington, OH, politics are handled at the local level. The city's mayor and city council members are elected every four years to represent the citizens of Arlington. The council is responsible for creating laws, setting budgets and working with local businesses and organizations to ensure that all residents have access to the resources they need. Additionally, there are a variety of other committees and boards that citizens can become involved in such as the Parks & Recreation Board, Zoning Board, Planning Commission and Historic Preservation Commission. All of these boards work together towards ensuring that the town remains vibrant and successful while providing services and amenities to all residents.
The political climate in Arlington, OH is strongly conservative.
Hancock County, OH is very conservative. In Hancock County, OH 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hancock county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 30.3%.
Hancock county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Arlington, OH is strongly conservative.
Hancock County, Ohio is very conservative.
Findlay 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.
Arlington, 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 Arlington, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 705 contributions totaling $87,225 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 943 contributions totaling $1,596,435 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,693 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)