Buford, OH is a small city located in Ohio. It has a rich history of political involvement with citizens passionate about their civic duties. Residents are actively engaged in local politics, showing up to cast their vote and participate in open forums regarding important issues impacting the community. The city council consists of nine members who are elected every two years by the residents of Buford, and they work together to make decisions that affect the town’s policies and laws. Local elections often draw large crowds as candidates debate the issues of education, infrastructure, taxes, public safety, and other matters that matter to the people of this tight-knit town. Buford is a great example of small-town America where citizens take an active role in shaping their local government.
The political climate in Buford, OH is very conservative.
Highland County, OH is very conservative. In Highland County, OH 19.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Highland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.7% to 19.3%.
Highland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Buford, OH is very conservative.
Highland County, Ohio 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.
Buford, 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 Buford, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 198 contributions totaling $6,749 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 107 contributions totaling $16,309 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)