Wadsworth, Ohio is a small city located in Northeast Ohio. Despite its size, Wadsworth is home to a bustling political scene that serves its citizens. The mayor of Wadsworth is Robin Laubaugh, a Democrat who was elected in 2018 after serving on the City Council for four years prior. The City Council also consists of eight members, including both Republicans and Democrats. Other elected officials in the local government include a Treasurer, Auditor, Law Director and Clerk of Courts. Wadsworth’s local politics are centered around providing services such as public safety and infrastructure while still keeping taxes low and running the budget efficiently. Although there are disagreements between members of different political parties from time to time, they all strive to make improvements to the city that are beneficial for everyone who lives here.
The political climate in Wadsworth, OH is moderately conservative.
Medina County, OH is moderately conservative. In Medina County, OH 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Medina county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.9% to 37.5%.
Medina county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wadsworth, OH is moderately conservative.
Medina County, Ohio is moderately conservative.
Cleveland-Elyria 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.
Wadsworth, 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 Wadsworth, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,185 contributions totaling $220,759 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 456 contributions totaling $171,392 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $376 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)