Tuscarawas County, Ohio is a vibrant county located in the Appalachian region of the state. Politically, the county leans towards the Republican Party, having voted for them in most presidential elections in recent decades. The local government is led by a three-member Board of Commissioners which is elected to serve four-year terms by residents of the county. Additionally, there are several other elected positions within Tuscarawas County such as Auditor, Sheriff, Treasurer and Coroner. All of these positions are crucial to ensure that the county runs smoothly and efficiently.
The political climate in Tuscarawas County, OH is very conservative.
In Tuscarawas County, OH 29.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tuscarawas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.1% to 29.2%.
Tuscarawas county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tuscarawas County, OH is very conservative.
New Philadelphia-Dover 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.
Tuscarawas, Ohio: r R d 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Tuscarawas County, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,225 contributions totaling $53,248 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 776 contributions totaling $440,960 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $568 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)