Bascom, OH is a small town with a population of around 2,000 people. Although the town is small, it has an active and engaged political scene. Bascom elects local officials to represent the community on various issues including education, infrastructure, public safety and health care. In addition to those elected officials, there are several advocacy groups in town who work to ensure the voice of the people is heard. The citizens of Bascom are strongly encouraged to stay informed and get involved in politics in order to have their voices heard by their representatives.
The political climate in Bascom, OH is strongly conservative.
Seneca County, OH is very conservative. In Seneca County, OH 32.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Seneca county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.1% to 32.0%.
Seneca county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bascom, OH is strongly conservative.
Seneca County, Ohio is very conservative.
Tiffin 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.
Bascom, 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 Bascom, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 494 contributions totaling $17,235 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 421 contributions totaling $145,733 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $346 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)