Ashville, OH is a small town located in Pickaway County. The town is largely rural and has a population of just over 1,800 people. Ashville has its own local government which is made up of a mayor and six council members who are elected every four years. The local government works with the county and state levels to ensure that the needs of the community are met. Issues such as road maintenance, zoning regulations, public safety, economic development, environmental protection, and school funding are all important topics that Ashville's local politicians deal with. Local candidates for office must be knowledgeable in these fields in order to provide effective leadership for the community. Elections in Ashville involve educating voters on issues that affect them so they can make informed decisions when voting for their representatives.
The political climate in Ashville, OH is strongly conservative.
Pickaway County, OH is very conservative. In Pickaway County, OH 25.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pickaway county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.7% to 25.8%.
Pickaway county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ashville, OH is strongly conservative.
Pickaway County, Ohio is very conservative.
Columbus 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.
Ashville, 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 Ashville, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 54 contributions totaling $2,240 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $17,543 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)