Mingo Junction, OH is a small town located in Jefferson County. It is known for its rich history and beautiful landscape, but it also has a strong political presence in the local area. The town is represented on the county level by two commissioners, who are elected to represent the people of Mingo Junction and serve as its voice in the county government. The current commissioners are Joe Schiavoni and Thomas Graham. On the state level, Mingo Junction is represented by State Representative Jack Cera and State Senator Frank Hoagland in Ohio's 6th District. Every two years there are local elections held for these positions as well as various other offices. The residents of Mingo Junction take their political responsibilities seriously and always have a good turnout at the polls.
The political climate in Mingo Junction, OH is moderately conservative.
Jefferson County, OH is very conservative. In Jefferson County, OH 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.3% to 30.0%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mingo Junction, OH is moderately conservative.
Jefferson County, Ohio is very conservative.
Weirton-Steubenville 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.
Mingo Junction, Ohio: d d d 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 Mingo Junction, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 56 contributions totaling $4,041 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $1,932 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)