Lebanon, Ohio is a city located in Warren County, Ohio. Lebanon's politics are dictated by the local government which consists of a seven-member Council, an elected Mayor, and several other elected officials. The City Council is responsible for establishing laws and ordinances related to a wide variety of topics including taxation, utility services, transportation, public safety, and health services. The Mayor serves as the chief executive and oversees all operations of the city government. The other elected officials are: Clerk of Courts, Treasurer/Fiscal Officer, Prosecuting Attorney and Zoning Inspector. Each official is responsible for providing services to the residents of Lebanon. Additionally, the City Council appoints members to various boards such as Planning Commission & Board of Zoning Appeals among others that provide guidance on local policies in specific areas. All decisions made by these local politicians reflect the values held by the citizens of Lebanon which include fiscal responsibility and good governance.
The political climate in Lebanon, OH is moderately conservative.
Warren County, OH is strongly conservative. In Warren County, OH 33.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Warren county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.5% to 33.8%.
Warren county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lebanon, OH is moderately conservative.
Warren County, Ohio is strongly conservative.
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.
Lebanon, 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 Lebanon, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,802 contributions totaling $244,282 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,514 contributions totaling $1,621,244 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,071 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)