Oakwood in Paulding County, Ohio, is a small town with a population of just over 4,000. The political landscape of the city is strongly influenced by the Republican Party in which it lies. Residents of Oakwood are served by members of the Ohio House of Representatives and Senate who represent their towns and cities in Columbus. Local politicians include Commissioner Brad Strooman, Clerk-Treasurer Debbie Klinker, and Mayor Jim Dull.
Though Oakwood is represented on the state level by Republicans, there is still healthy discussion and debate about various topics among its citizens. Issues such as education funding, taxes, economic development, infrastructure improvement, and public safety are all important topics that often come up at local political forums or meetings held in town halls. People from all sides of the aisle come together to share their ideas and make sure that their voices are heard on important matters.
The political climate in Oakwood (Paulding County), OH is strongly conservative.
Paulding County, OH is very conservative. In Paulding County, OH 23.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Paulding county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.7% to 23.3%.
Paulding county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oakwood (Paulding County), OH is strongly conservative.
Paulding 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.
Oakwood (Paulding 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 Oakwood (Paulding County), OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $76,268 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,467 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)