New Haven, located in Hamilton County, Ohio is a small city of about 4,500 people. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government with the mayor and six council members elected at large. It also has a number of committees that work to address issues and concerns in the community. The local political landscape tends to be quite competitive with several candidates running for office each election cycle. In recent years, candidates have been from both major political parties as well as independents who are looking to make a change in their community. New Haven is known for its strong sense of civic engagement and involvement in politics, which helps to shape the outcome of races throughout Hamilton County.
The political climate in New Haven (Hamilton County), OH is leaning conservative.
Hamilton County, OH is somewhat liberal. In Hamilton County, OH 57.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamilton county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.1% to 41.3%.
Hamilton county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Haven (Hamilton County), OH is leaning conservative.
Hamilton County, Ohio is somewhat liberal.
Cincinnati Metro Area is somewhat 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 Haven (Hamilton County), Ohio: R r d d D D
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 Haven (Hamilton County), OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 148 contributions totaling $21,849 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 234 contributions totaling $283,257 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,211 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)