Mantua, OH is a small town located in Portage County with an estimated population of around 1,700 people. It is home to many families and businesses that have been part of the community for generations. The politics in Mantua are largely reflective of those in the county as a whole. The local government consists of an elected Mayor and four Council members who serve four-year terms. The majority of registered voters in Mantua are affiliated with the Republican party and this is reflected at the local level, where all current elected officials are members of the GOP. Issues that tend to be important to Mantuans include economic development, education funding, and maintaining a strong sense of community identity through events like parades or festivals. Additionally, many residents take an active role in advocating for their own interests by attending local meetings or expressing their views to their elected officials.
The political climate in Mantua, OH is somewhat conservative.
Portage County, OH is somewhat conservative. In Portage County, OH 43.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Portage county remained strongly Republican, 55.4% to 43.0%.
Portage county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mantua, OH is somewhat conservative.
Portage County, Ohio is somewhat conservative.
Akron Metro Area is leaning 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.
Mantua, Ohio: d 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 Mantua, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 691 contributions totaling $45,359 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 87 contributions totaling $9,082 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)