Newport, Ohio is a small town located in Shelby County. The town has a proud history and strong sense of community spirit that is evident in the numerous activities organized by local organizations, including the Newport Lions Club and the Friends of the Library. Despite its small size, Newport has an active local political scene. The town is served by two locally elected officials: a city council member and mayor. These offices are held by individuals from different political parties who work together to address issues facing the community. Residents can participate in politics through attending meetings or voting in elections for their representatives. In addition to these two elected offices, residents may be familiar with state-level politicians such as Senators Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman who represent Ohio in Congress. By becoming informed on local and state-level politics, citizens of Newport can make their voices heard on important issues that affect their lives every day.
The political climate in Newport (Shelby County), OH is very conservative.
Shelby County, OH is very conservative. In Shelby County, OH 17.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.7% to 17.7%.
Shelby county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Newport (Shelby County), OH is very conservative.
Shelby County, Ohio is very conservative.
Sidney 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.
Newport (Shelby County), 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 Newport (Shelby County), OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $638 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $20,258 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $397 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)