Dry Ridge, OH is a small community nestled in the rural countryside of Ohio. The city has a long history of local politics with many residents actively involved in civic and governmental affairs. The City Council is comprised of six members who are elected at large for four-year terms by the citizens of Dry Ridge. They have responsibility for setting budgets, determining policies, implementing city ordinances, and providing services to the community. Local government also includes the Mayor, Village Clerk, Treasurer, Solicitor and various boards and commissions including the Planning Board, Board of Zoning Appeals and Tax Incentive Review Commission. Each year residents elect representatives to serve on these boards as well as other offices such as Township Trustee, Constable or School Board Member. The political landscape in Dry Ridge is filled with passionate citizens devoted to representing their neighbors in an effort to improve the quality of life for all residents.
The political climate in Dry Ridge, OH is leaning liberal.
Hamilton County, OH is somewhat liberal. In Hamilton County, OH 57.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamilton county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.1% to 41.3%.
Hamilton county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dry Ridge, OH is leaning liberal.
Hamilton County, Ohio is somewhat liberal.
Cincinnati Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Dry Ridge, Ohio: R r d d D 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 Dry Ridge, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 294 contributions totaling $29,943 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 483 contributions totaling $122,618 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)