Dalton, OH is a small town located in Wayne County. With a population of approximately 1,900 people, Dalton has a close-knit community that is actively involved in local politics. The mayor of Dalton, currently Sandy Krebs, was elected in 2019 to serve a four-year term and works closely with the city council to ensure that the residents of Dalton have access to all the services and amenities they need. Residents of Dalton feel strongly about having their voices heard at the local level and take an active role in shaping their community by voting on initiatives that benefit their town. Every year there is an election for several local political offices and it is important for residents to get involved and vote to ensure their voices are represented.
The political climate in Dalton, OH is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, OH is very conservative. In Wayne County, OH 30.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.7% to 30.7%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dalton, OH is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, Ohio is very conservative.
Wooster 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.
Dalton, 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 Dalton, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $1,887 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 118 contributions totaling $60,848 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $516 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)