Ashland County is located in the north-central part of Ohio. It is home to a variety of towns, cities and villages which are largely intertwined with their rural surroundings. The county seat is Ashland, which is also the largest city in the county. Politics in Ashland County are dominated by the Republican party, who have been in power since 1848. Local government consists of an elected commission that meets at least once a month to make decisions on matters such as budgeting, taxation and public works. Despite its Republican leanings, there has been a growing Libertarian presence in recent years that has seen it gain more attention from local politicians. There are no local political candidates running for office within the county at this time.
The political climate in Ashland County, OH is very conservative.
In Ashland County, OH 24.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ashland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.5% to 24.8%.
Ashland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ashland County, OH is very conservative.
Ashland 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.
Ashland, 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 Ashland County, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,525 contributions totaling $62,220 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 359 contributions totaling $125,241 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $349 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)