Richland County is located in North Central Ohio, and its county seat is Mansfield. Richland County covers an area of 745 square miles and is part of the Mansfield metropolitan statistical area. The county has a diverse population with a total of 122,334 people as of 2019. Politically, the county leans Republican, with 33% registered Republican and 27% registered Democrat. In recent elections, local candidates have focused on issues such as economic growth, education reform, infrastructure investment and public safety initiatives. With a vibrant local economy and strong business environment, Richland County has been successful in implementing many positive changes that encourage growth and development throughout the county.
The political climate in Richland County, OH is very conservative.
In Richland County, OH 29.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Richland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.1% to 29.4%.
Richland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richland County, OH is very conservative.
Mansfield 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.
Richland, 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 Richland County, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,359 contributions totaling $202,979 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,247 contributions totaling $359,313 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $288 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)