Wyandot County, Ohio is a rural county with a population of 22,535 according to the 2018 U.S. Census. Politically, it is a largely conservative area with Republican candidates typically receiving the majority of votes in local elections. The current county commissioner is Joseph Sharp, who was elected as part of the Republican Party in 2016 and reelected in 2020. Other important political roles in Wyandot County include Sheriff Thomas L. Hinderer and State Senator Rob McColley, who are both Republicans as well. In recent years, there has been an increase in civic engagement within the county as more residents become involved in politics at a local level.
The political climate in Wyandot County, OH is very conservative.
In Wyandot County, OH 24.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wyandot county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 24.0%.
Wyandot county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wyandot 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.
Wyandot, 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 Wyandot County, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 206 contributions totaling $8,030 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 282 contributions totaling $114,176 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $405 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)