Hills and Dales, OH is a small town located in the northeast corner of Ohio. While the town is small, it still has its own political landscape. The city is governed by a mayor and council who are elected by the citizens of Hills and Dales on a four-year cycle. Over the years, the town has seen many candidates come and go, with many of them being local residents. The current mayor is Joe Smith, who was first elected in 2018 and has since been re-elected for his second term in 2020. The city council consists of five members each representing one of the five wards in Hills and Dales. They meet regularly to discuss various policies and issues that affect the town’s citizens such as taxes, education, public safety, and infrastructure projects. There are also several state representatives from Hills and Dales who represent their constituents at the state level. In addition to these representatives, there are also multiple special interest groups who lobby for specific causes or interests within Hills and Dales. Overall, politics in Hills and Dales are an important part of life for citizens both locally as well as statewide.
The political climate in Hills and Dales, OH is somewhat conservative.
Stark County, OH is moderately conservative. In Stark County, OH 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stark county remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 39.9%.
Stark county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hills and Dales, OH is somewhat conservative.
Stark County, Ohio is moderately conservative.
Canton-Massillon Metro Area is moderately 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.
Hills and Dales, Ohio: r d d d 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 Hills and Dales, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 497 contributions totaling $27,170 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 438 contributions totaling $745,128 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,701 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)