Urbana, Ohio is a small city located in Champaign County with a population of 11,793. The city's political representation consists of the Mayor and City Council who are elected officials and serve two-year terms. The Mayor is responsible for setting the city's policy goals while the City Council makes sure they get implemented effectively. Governmental services in Urbana include police protection, public works, recreation programs, emergency medical services, parks and parking enforcement. A portion of local taxes collected are also used to support educational initiatives such as funding for local schools. Urbana is proud to be represented by its elected leaders who are committed to making decisions that will benefit all citizens of the community.
The political climate in Urbana, OH is moderately conservative.
Champaign County, OH is very conservative. In Champaign County, OH 25.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Champaign county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.9% to 25.3%.
Champaign county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Urbana, OH is moderately conservative.
Champaign County, Ohio is very conservative.
Urbana 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.
Urbana, 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 Urbana, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 768 contributions totaling $30,590 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 280 contributions totaling $132,244 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $472 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)