The politics of the Defiance, OH Metro Area are heavily impacted by the state and local governments. The Ohio General Assembly is responsible for setting state laws and policies, while local mayors, city councils, school boards, and other elected officials create the policies that shape the area. Local elections are held every two years in November and feature candidates from both major political parties as well as independents. Issues that are important to residents include economic growth, public safety, health care, education, infrastructure improvements, and environmental concerns. Working together with local businesses and nonprofits to address these issues is a key part of ensuring that the Defiance Metro Area remains a desirable place to live.
The political climate in Defiance Metro Area is very conservative.
In Defiance Metro Area 30.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Defiance metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.3% to 30.9%.
The Defiance metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Defiance 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.
Defiance, 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 Defiance Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 837 contributions totaling $27,607 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 344 contributions totaling $58,082 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)