Fulton County, Ohio is a small county with a population of just over 42,000 people. The county is represented in the Ohio state legislature by Republican State Senator Randy Gardner and Democratic State Representative Shannon Freshour. Politically-minded citizens of Fulton County have access to several local government bodies as well, including the Fulton County Board of Commissioners and Council and the Swanton Local School District Board of Education. The county also includes several villages and townships that provide additional oversight on certain issues. In recent years, many local political initiatives have come forward to address issues such as infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, and educational reform efforts. Despite these efforts, many residents feel their voices are not heard in decisions made by their elected officials. To ensure the community’s concerns are addressed, it is important for all citizens to get involved in the local political process so that their opinions can be heard more clearly by those in power.
The political climate in Fulton County, OH is very conservative.
In Fulton County, OH 29.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fulton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 29.2%.
Fulton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fulton County, OH is very conservative.
Toledo Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Fulton, 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 Fulton County, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 745 contributions totaling $75,372 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 307 contributions totaling $45,401 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)