East Palestine, OH is a small town of around 3,000 people located in the northeastern part of the state. With a population so small, it is no surprise that East Palestine's politics are quite local and intimate in nature. The town council is made up of five members who serve two-year terms and who help to facilitate local decisions such as creating new laws, establishing local taxes, and managing municipal services. Local political candidates often come from citizen initiatives launched by residents with a vision for the future of their community. These residents will then collect signatures on petitions to get their names put on ballots in elections held every two years for the town council seats. As East Palestine continues to grow and develop, more residents are becoming involved in civic engagement activities such as attending town hall meetings and voting in local elections, ensuring that their voices remain heard within their own community.
The political climate in East Palestine, OH is strongly conservative.
Columbiana County, OH is very conservative. In Columbiana County, OH 26.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Columbiana county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.5% to 26.7%.
Columbiana county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Palestine, OH is strongly conservative.
Columbiana County, Ohio is very conservative.
Salem 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.
East Palestine, 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 East Palestine, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $126 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $8 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $5,370 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)