Waterville, OH is a small city located in Northwestern Ohio near the Michigan border. It has a long history of political involvement and involvement in local issues that affect the community. In recent years, Waterville has seen an increase in voter turnout, as well as an influx of new voters to the town. The current Mayor of Waterville is Susan Daugherty who was elected in 2019 and serves a four-year term. Council members are also elected every two years by the citizens of Waterville and serve four year terms on the City Council. The most recent election for City Councilmembers included six candidates running for three open positions. Candidates ran on platforms focusing on infrastructure improvements, economic development, public safety, and education initiatives. Issues such as rising property taxes have been addressed through budget cuts from various departments while other initiatives like supporting small businesses have been advocated for by various council members. Voters take active participation in their local politics, discussing important topics at town hall meetings that help shape the future of Waterville.
The political climate in Waterville, OH is leaning conservative.
Lucas County, OH is moderately liberal. In Lucas County, OH 57.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lucas county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.4% to 40.7%.
Lucas county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Waterville, OH is leaning conservative.
Lucas County, Ohio is moderately liberal.
Toledo Metro Area is leaning 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.
Waterville, Ohio: D D D D D D
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 Waterville, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 403 contributions totaling $29,119 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 85 contributions totaling $15,467 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)