The city of Orrville, OH is a small community located in Wayne County. It is known for its welcoming and close-knit atmosphere and is home to several local businesses. Politically, the city leans towards the Republican Party, as it has voted for Republican candidates in recent elections. The mayor is currently a Republican, and the City Council consists of six members with three from each major party. The political atmosphere in Orrville is friendly and generally open-minded; residents are usually willing to discuss their opinions regardless of which side of the aisle they may fall on. As such, local debates about politics often revolve around fiscal responsibility or specific issues rather than partisan divides.
The political climate in Orrville, OH is moderately conservative.
Wayne County, OH is very conservative. In Wayne County, OH 30.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.7% to 30.7%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Orrville, OH is moderately conservative.
Wayne County, Ohio is very conservative.
Wooster 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.
Orrville, 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 Orrville, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 188 contributions totaling $87,300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $464 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 170 contributions totaling $350,048 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,059 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)