West Salem, OH is a small community located in the Midwestern United States. The town is strongly rooted in traditional values, and has a long history that stretches back to the 1800s. Politically, West Salem tends to lean conservative, with most of its citizens voting Republican in local and national elections. In recent years, however, there has been an increasing shift towards more liberal policies within the city limits. Local political candidates are often vocal about their support for progressive causes such as environmental protection and health care reform. Despite this growing trend of progressive politics in West Salem, most of the population still adheres to the traditional small-town values that have been present for centuries.
The political climate in West Salem, OH is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, OH is very conservative. In Wayne County, OH 30.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.7% to 30.7%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Salem, OH is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, Ohio is very conservative.
Wooster 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.
West Salem, 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 West Salem, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 62 contributions totaling $11,480 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $4,441 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)