The politics of the Chillicothe, OH Metro Area are centered around its local government. The city is represented by a mayor and six council members in the legislative branch that are elected for four-year terms. The executive branch is headed by the mayor and includes a city manager who is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations. In addition to local government services, the metro area also participates in state and federal politics. The area is part of Ohio's 15th Congressional District and is represented by Republican Steve Stivers in Congress. At the state level, it is part of the 92nd District and is represented by Republican Gary Scherer in the Ohio House of Representatives. As a result, residents of Chillicothe have a variety of political options available to them when deciding how best to participate in elections and voice their opinions on issues concerning their community.
The political climate in Chillicothe Metro Area is very conservative.
In Chillicothe Metro Area 31.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Chillicothe metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.8% to 31.6%.
The Chillicothe metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chillicothe 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.
Chillicothe, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Chillicothe Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,004 contributions totaling $59,777 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 472 contributions totaling $94,670 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)