Centerville, OH is a bustling suburban city nestled in the outskirts of the Dayton metropolitan area. The city is governed by a city council, which consists of seven members who are elected by the citizens to serve four-year terms. As with any other municipality, the council is responsible for making decisions that affect all citizens of Centerville. In recent years, the council has worked hard to improve public services such as transportation, education, and public safety while also making sure taxes remain low. Additionally, they have also worked to foster a sense of community in Centerville by implementing an array of programs that promote civic engagement and encourage collaboration between residents. Recently there have been some debates over controversial topics such as development regulations or zoning changes but overall, there's a sense of unity amongst all citizens throughout the town.
The political climate in Centerville, OH is leaning conservative.
Montgomery County, OH is leaning liberal. In Montgomery County, OH 50.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.2% to 47.9%.
Montgomery county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Centerville, OH is leaning conservative.
Montgomery County, Ohio 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.
Centerville, Ohio: d d d d r d
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 Centerville, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,057 contributions totaling $850,632 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,443 contributions totaling $1,093,583 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $318 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)