Celina, OH is located in Mercer County and is a small city with a population of just over 10,000 people. It has a long history of local politics and strong community involvement in the decision-making process. The local government's priorities focus on public safety, economic development, and protecting the environment. Celina elects its mayor and five members of city council every four years to serve full-time in office. The mayor serves as the head of the executive branch and is responsible for managing the departments that report directly to him/her. City council members serve as the legislative branch of government and are responsible for passing ordinances, setting policies, approving budgets, and appointing committees to oversee various matters such as zoning issues. In addition to these officials, there are also many appointed boards which handle specific tasks such as planning commissions or civil service commissions whose members are appointed by elected officials. The citizens of Celina play an important role in their community through active participation in local elections every four years where they vote for leaders who share their values and vision for a better future.
The political climate in Celina, OH is strongly conservative.
Mercer County, OH is very conservative. In Mercer County, OH 16.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mercer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.8% to 16.9%.
Mercer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Celina, OH is strongly conservative.
Mercer County, Ohio is very conservative.
Celina 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.
Celina, 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 Celina, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 562 contributions totaling $27,210 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 262 contributions totaling $40,174 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)