Melrose, Ohio is a small rural town located in north-central Ohio. It has a rich political history with many of its residents actively involved in local politics. The town has its own mayor and city council which are responsible for governing the town and making decisions about local issues. Additionally, Melrose is part of the larger county government of Monroe County and its citizens are also represented by state representatives in the Ohio General Assembly. Local elections are held each year to determine who will hold these positions, allowing Melrose’s citizens to directly influence their government. While nationally known politicians may come into play during Presidential or Congressional elections, Melrose takes pride in being able to make its own decisions about how the town is run on a daily basis.
The political climate in Melrose, OH is very conservative.
Paulding County, OH is very conservative. In Paulding County, OH 23.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Paulding county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.7% to 23.3%.
Paulding county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Melrose, OH is very conservative.
Paulding County, Ohio 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.
Melrose, 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 Melrose, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $76,268 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,467 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)