Shelby County, Ohio is a vibrant and diverse area with an active political scene. The county has many local elected officials that work hard to ensure the best outcomes for their constituents. These officials include members of the Shelby County Board of Commissioners, judges for the Common Pleas Court, and the City Council. There is also a Representative in Congress who serves Shelby as part of their district. Each of these officials represents different interests within the community and strive to ensure that their constituents' voices are heard on important issues facing Shelby County. Local elections are held regularly to elect candidates to these positions, ensuring that all citizens have ample opportunity to choose who will serve in public office.
The political climate in Shelby County, OH is very conservative.
In Shelby County, OH 17.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.7% to 17.7%.
Shelby county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shelby County, OH is very conservative.
Sidney 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.
Shelby, 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 Shelby County, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 494 contributions totaling $40,206 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 647 contributions totaling $309,398 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $478 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)