Hancock County, OH is a county located in the northwest corner of Ohio. It has a population of 74,780 and forms part of the Toledo Metropolitan Area. The county seat is Findlay, which is the largest city in Hancock County. In terms of politics, Hancock County leans heavily toward Republican candidates. In the 2020 Presidential Election, former President Donald Trump received 59% of all votes cast while his Democratic opponent Joe Biden received 40%. This trend can also be seen in local elections with Republican candidates generally receiving more votes than their Democratic counterparts. Overall, Hancock County is largely conservative politically and typically votes Republican in most elections.
The political climate in Hancock County, OH is very conservative.
In Hancock County, OH 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hancock county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 30.3%.
Hancock county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hancock County, OH is very conservative.
Findlay 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.
Hancock, 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 Hancock County, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 910 contributions totaling $92,683 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,036 contributions totaling $1,602,650 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,547 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)