The New Philadelphia-Dover, OH Metro Area is a bustling and growing area that has a strong political presence. Local politics are extremely important to the citizens of this area due to the fact that they have a direct impact on their day-to-day lives. The Metro Area is governed by several local political offices such as the mayor's office, city council, and school board. These positions are filled by candidates from both major parties as well as independent or third party candidates who have been elected through special elections or appointed through an open application process. There are many opportunities for citizens to get involved in their local politics such as attending public meetings, voting in primary elections, and participating in campaign initiatives. Political issues often discussed include infrastructure improvements, tax reform, economic development initiatives, and legislation related to education and healthcare. The New Philadelphia-Dover OH Metro Area is a great place to live with plenty of opportunities for citizens to participate in local politics.
The political climate in New Philadelphia-Dover Metro Area is very conservative.
In New Philadelphia-Dover Metro Area 29.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the New Philadelphia-Dover metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.1% to 29.2%.
The New Philadelphia-Dover metro area voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Philadelphia-Dover 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.
New Philadelphia-Dover, Ohio: r R d 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 New Philadelphia-Dover Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,225 contributions totaling $53,248 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 776 contributions totaling $440,960 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $568 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)