New Athens, Ohio is a small city located in the southeastern part of the state. It is known for its quaint and peaceful atmosphere and its commitment to community involvement. In terms of politics, New Athens is primarily controlled by the local Republican Party. The current Mayor has been in office since 2011 and has focused on increasing economic development while maintaining the town’s charm. Additionally, the City Council works hard to ensure that citizens have their voices heard and that all decisions are made with their best interests in mind. As such, local political candidates often emphasize these values when running for office, emphasizing things like creating jobs, reducing taxes, and protecting family values. Overall, the people of New Athens are very proud of their town’s political landscape and strive to make sure it remains a safe and prosperous place to live.
The political climate in New Athens, OH is strongly conservative.
Harrison County, OH is very conservative. In Harrison County, OH 23.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Harrison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.6% to 23.1%.
Harrison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Athens, OH is strongly conservative.
Harrison 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.
New Athens, 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 New Athens, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 235 contributions totaling $25,273 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 417 contributions totaling $1,199,978 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,878 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)