Fort Recovery, OH is a small village located in Mercer County. The village has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor being elected to serve as the chief executive of the town. The current mayor is Matt Miller, who was elected to office in 2019. The council consists of five members elected from their respective wards and serves as the legislative branch of the government. In addition, there are several committees that work on various matters for the town such as zoning, finance, public safety, and parks and recreation. Local elections take place every two years with candidates running for mayor or council member positions. Residents in Fort Recovery can participate in the political process by voting during elections or attending community meetings to stay informed on local initiatives and decisions made by officials.
The political climate in Fort Recovery, OH is very 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
Fort Recovery, OH is very 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.
Fort Recovery, 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 Fort Recovery, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $1,540 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 108 contributions totaling $72,400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $670 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)