Carroll County, Ohio is a small, rural county located in central Ohio. It has a long history of maintaining a strong sense of community and politics have remained an important part of that. While the county does not have its own governing body, it does have representation on the state level with both Democratic and Republican elected officials who are responsible for advocating on behalf of the citizens of Carroll County. The main issues facing Carroll County involve community development and economic growth, while also addressing education reform and improving public services such as healthcare access. Local elections are held every two years to elect representatives to the State House and Senate as well as members to the local school board. These elections can be highly contested due to the diverse opinions on how to best represent the interests of the residents of Carroll County.
The political climate in Carroll County, OH is very conservative.
In Carroll County, OH 22.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carroll county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.5% to 22.8%.
Carroll county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carroll County, OH is very conservative.
Canton-Massillon Metro Area is moderately 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.
Carroll, 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 Carroll County, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 419 contributions totaling $20,395 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 164 contributions totaling $27,198 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $166 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)