The Van Wert, OH Metro Area is home to a diverse political landscape and offers its citizens opportunities to engage in civic activities. The area has strong local representation in government with several political figures being elected to serve on local boards. However, there are no specific names of the current local political candidates because of changing election cycles. Residents can stay connected to local politics by attending Town Hall meetings, subscribing to newsletters and staying informed about upcoming elections. Additionally, voting is an important way that citizens can make their voices heard in the political climate of the Van Wert Metro Area.
The political climate in Van Wert Metro Area is very conservative.
In Van Wert Metro Area 20.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Van Wert metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.7% to 20.5%.
The Van Wert metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Van Wert 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.
Van Wert, 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 Van Wert Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 181 contributions totaling $16,419 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 311 contributions totaling $86,682 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $279 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)