Adams County, OH is a small rural county located in the Appalachian region of Ohio. It has a long history of politics that dates back to its founding in 1803. The area is mostly conservative and Republican-leaning, but there are some Democrats as well. The county is represented locally by several state and federal lawmakers. At the state level, Senator Rob Portman and Representative Steve Stivers serve the area in the US Congress. In addition, State Representatives Bill Seitz, Glenn Holmes, John Becker, and Paul Zeltwanger represent Adams County on the state government level. On the local level, Adams County residents are served by three commissioners who make up the Board of County Commissioners which handles various administrative tasks such as managing finances and planning for development. All three are Republicans: Jeff Crosley, Patrick Mardis, and Gary Nowlin. Additionally, the county also has a Sheriff's Office headed by Sheriff Christopher Browning which serves the communities in Adams County with respect to law enforcement needs.
The political climate in Adams County, OH is very conservative.
In Adams County, OH 17.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adams county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.3% to 17.8%.
Adams county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Adams County, OH is very conservative.
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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.
Adams, 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 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 Adams County, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 581 contributions totaling $36,085 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 245 contributions totaling $43,714 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)