The politics in the Mansfield, OH Metro Area are diverse and complex. Mansfield is the county seat of Richland County and has a population of over 47,000 people. It is home to two local governments, with various city and county offices representing its citizens at all levels of government. At the federal level, Mansfield is represented by three members of Congress: Representative Troy Balderson (R-OH-12), Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and Senator Rob Portman (R-OH). At the state level, the Ohio House of Representatives features four members from Richland County, while two Senators represent the community in the Ohio Senate. On a municipal level, there are seven council members who serve as representatives for homes within Mansfield’s city limits. All elected officials serve their respective terms for four years unless reelected or otherwise replaced.
The political climate in Mansfield Metro Area is very conservative.
In Mansfield Metro Area 29.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Mansfield metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.1% to 29.4%.
The Mansfield metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mansfield 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.
Mansfield, 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 Mansfield Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,359 contributions totaling $202,979 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,247 contributions totaling $359,313 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $288 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)