Highland County, OH is a rural county located in the southwestern corner of Ohio. The county is politically conservative, with its local politics largely driven by the traditional values of its residents. The county is primarily represented in state politics by Republican legislators, and it generally votes for Republican presidential candidates. Local elections focus on issues such as fiscal responsibility, economic development, and maintaining a business-friendly environment while preserving the natural appeal of the county's rural character. People in Highland County are passionate about their political beliefs and want to ensure that their voices are heard in government decisions regardless of whether they live in an urban or rural area.
The political climate in Highland County, OH is very conservative.
In Highland County, OH 19.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Highland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.7% to 19.3%.
Highland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Highland 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.
Highland, 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 Highland County, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,015 contributions totaling $42,168 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 334 contributions totaling $46,727 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)