Montgomery County is located in the state of Ohio and has a rich political history that dates back to its founding in 1803. It is home to many major cities such as Dayton, Cincinatti and Columbus, all of which are heavily involved in the county's politics. This includes electing local representatives to Congress, organizing campaigns to bring new laws into effect and engaging in debates over important social issues. The county also hosts events such as town hall meetings, community forums and other public gatherings focused on discussing current political matters. Montgomery County is truly an example of democracy in action with its active citizens engaged in the political process and working together for the betterment of their communities.
The political climate in Montgomery County, OH is leaning liberal.
In Montgomery County, OH 50.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.2% to 47.9%.
Montgomery county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Montgomery County, OH is leaning liberal.
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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.
Montgomery, Ohio: d d d d r d
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 Montgomery County, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22,791 contributions totaling $1,672,695 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5,499 contributions totaling $4,989,230 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $907 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)