Hanover, OH is a small city in Ohio, with a population of around 5,000 people. It is governed by a combined village and township government, known as the Hanover Township-Village Government. The mayor of Hanover is Kevin Reedy, who was elected to the position in 2017 and will remain in office until 2021. The council members are Robert Giesey, Bill Miller, Jack Sullivan, Charlene Mowery and John Sines Jr., who are all elected at-large for four year terms. This group works together to create policies for the city.
Politically, Hanover leans towards Republican ideals. In recent years, some local elections have been contested but many remain uncontested due to lack of candidates from other parties. The current mayor has run unopposed in each election since his initial election in 2013. Local politics are important to the residents of Hanover as they work together to create an environment that benefits both the local citizens and businesses alike.
The political climate in Hanover, OH is strongly conservative.
Licking County, OH is strongly conservative. In Licking County, OH 35.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Licking county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.0% to 35.0%.
Licking county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hanover, OH is strongly conservative.
Licking County, Ohio is strongly conservative.
Columbus Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Hanover, 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 Hanover, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,062 contributions totaling $93,744 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 756 contributions totaling $149,954 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)