Stoutsville, OH is a small town located in Fairfield County. With a population of approximately 1,000 people, it is a close-knit community that values its independence and local pride. Politically, Stoutsville leans Democratic. Many of the issues that are important to the residents involve local businesses and improving the quality of life for everyone in the area. The mayor of Stoutsville is currently Brad Johnson, who has been serving since 2018. He works closely with the city council to ensure that all decisions are made in the best interest of the citizens. Additionally, Stoutsville has two representatives in the Ohio Statehouse: Representative Laura Smith and Representative Bob Giffy, both Democrats who have been active in advocating for their constituents' needs. With these elected officials working hard to represent Stoutsville's interests on a state level while Mayor Johnson leads at home, politics in this small Ohio town remain vibrant and focused on creating positive change for all involved.
The political climate in Stoutsville, OH is strongly conservative.
Fairfield County, OH is moderately conservative. In Fairfield County, OH 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fairfield county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 37.5%.
Fairfield county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stoutsville, OH is strongly conservative.
Fairfield County, Ohio is moderately conservative.
Columbus Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Stoutsville, 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 Stoutsville, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32 contributions totaling $1,272 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $4,252 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $224 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)