South Vienna, OH is a small rural town located in Clark County. Although the population of South Vienna is relatively small, the town has an active local politics scene. The town is served by a mayor and a seven-member council who oversee the decisions made on behalf of the citizens. In addition, there are many different groups working to support the community with various causes such as education, public safety, and economic development. South Vienna has also become known for voting on important issues such as tax initiatives and zoning regulations. During elections for local offices, citizens have an opportunity to select from a variety of candidates who are eager to represent them in their government. This election season will be no exception as there are already several candidates vying for office in South Vienna.
The political climate in South Vienna, OH is strongly conservative.
Clark County, OH is moderately conservative. In Clark County, OH 37.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clark county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 37.4%.
Clark county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South Vienna, OH is strongly conservative.
Clark County, Ohio is moderately conservative.
Springfield Metro Area is moderately 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.
South Vienna, Ohio: d 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 South Vienna, 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 19 contributions totaling $1,516 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)