Mansfield, OH is a city that is part of the greater Richland County area in north-central Ohio. The city has been led by two different mayoral administrations since its incorporation in 1828. Currently, Mayor Tim Theaker and the City Council are responsible for governing the municipality. The city council consists of seven members including the mayor who are all elected to serve four-year terms by local citizens. In recent years the city has become increasingly focused on providing resources and services to its constituents such as improved public safety, better infrastructure, and affordable housing. Additionally, municipal committees have been established to ensure fair representation from all parts of Mansfield's population. These committees include working groups that focus on particular interests such as education, business development, and civil rights initiatives. All of these efforts combined with strong leadership from elected officials have enabled Mansfield to move forward into a brighter future.
The political climate in Mansfield, OH is moderately conservative.
Richland County, OH is very conservative. In Richland County, OH 29.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Richland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.1% to 29.4%.
Richland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mansfield, OH is moderately conservative.
Richland County, Ohio is very conservative.
Mansfield 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.
Mansfield, 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 Mansfield, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,218 contributions totaling $385,463 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,026 contributions totaling $772,639 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $381 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)