Atwater, Ohio is a small town in Portage County with a population of roughly 1,164 people. Politically, Atwater leans heavily towards the Republican party, with local voters often voting for conservative candidates. In recent years, prominent Republicans have included John Kasich, Jim Renacci, and Bob Gibbs in statewide races. Locally, Mayor Ed Markey has been a long-time leader of the town and is highly regarded by many residents. He is active in promoting economic development and community engagement initiatives such as festivals and events that bring the community together. Furthermore, the Atwater town council has consistently worked to improve infrastructure and keep taxes low while still providing essential services to residents. Overall, politics in Atwater are important to its citizens and are focused on creating a positive environment for all residents while remaining fiscally responsible.
The political climate in Atwater, OH is somewhat conservative.
Portage County, OH is somewhat conservative. In Portage County, OH 43.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Portage county remained strongly Republican, 55.4% to 43.0%.
Portage county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Atwater, OH is somewhat conservative.
Portage County, Ohio is somewhat conservative.
Akron Metro Area is leaning 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.
Atwater, Ohio: d d d d 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 Atwater, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $19,704 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $493 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $3,318 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)