Oakwood, OH is a small suburb in the southwestern corner of Ohio. Although it is relatively small in terms of population, Oakwood has an active and diverse political landscape. The city's mayor is Bob Smith, who won the 2020 election on a platform of fiscal responsibility and environmental sustainability. On the local level, there are several council members from both major parties representing the citizens of Oakwood in county and state government. There are also many independent candidates who have been gaining support in recent years due to their commitment to improving public services while maintaining fiscal responsibility. Oakwood is an example of how a small city can still be heavily involved in politics despite its size.
The political climate in Oakwood, OH is leaning conservative.
Montgomery County, OH is leaning liberal. In Montgomery County, OH 50.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.2% to 47.9%.
Montgomery county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oakwood, OH is leaning conservative.
Montgomery County, Ohio is leaning liberal.
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.
Oakwood, Ohio: d d d d r 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 Oakwood, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,880 contributions totaling $238,330 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 595 contributions totaling $499,047 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $839 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)