Defiance County is a small county located in northwest Ohio. It has a diverse political landscape, with Democrats, Republicans, and Independents all competing for local offices. The county is represented at the state level by Senator Michael Rulli and Representative Bob Cupp. At the local level, there are multiple representatives from both major political parties vying for office. Each candidate makes their own platform on issues such as education, public safety, and economic development, which citizens can use to make informed decisions when voting. In addition to these candidates, numerous independent candidates also run for office every year, offering alternative solutions to the same issues. Defiance County is a great example of American democracy in action; its citizens are engaged in the political process and strive to elect officials who will represent their interests best.
The political climate in Defiance County, OH is very conservative.
In Defiance County, OH 30.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Defiance county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.3% to 30.9%.
Defiance county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Defiance County, OH is very conservative.
Defiance 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.
Defiance, 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 Defiance County, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 837 contributions totaling $27,607 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 344 contributions totaling $58,082 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)