Mount Vernon, OH is a small city located in Knox County and is home to about 16,000 citizens. There are several positions of local government that are elected by the residents of Mount Vernon. These include the Mayor, City Council Members, and the Law Director. The current Mayor is Richard A Mavis who was elected in 2015. He is joined on the Council by new members Jack Houseman and Rich Corcoran, as well as returning members Cindy Ihle and John Mason. The Law Director for the City of Mount Vernon is Casey Pfeiffer who has been serving since 2014. All these local politicians strive to make sure that their constituents have access to all they need for a successful life within their community. They work closely with businesses, organizations, and other governments in order to bring resources to Mount Vernon’s residents. This helps create an environment where everyone can prosper and feel safe in their homes and neighborhoods.
The political climate in Mount Vernon, OH is moderately conservative.
Knox County, OH is very conservative. In Knox County, OH 27.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Knox county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.0% to 27.3%.
Knox county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mount Vernon, OH is moderately conservative.
Knox County, Ohio is very conservative.
Mount Vernon 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.
Mount Vernon, 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 Mount Vernon, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 662 contributions totaling $27,755 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 710 contributions totaling $8,748,029 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $12,321 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)