Ontario is the most populous province in Canada with a population of over 14 million people. The provincial government is made up of the Premier, elected representatives, and political parties. The provincial political landscape is diverse and includes the Ontario Liberal Party, the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, and the New Democratic Party. At a local level, each municipality has its own governing body which consists of an elected mayor and councillors. Local politics often revolve around issues such as property taxes, infrastructure investments, transit expansion, and economic development initiatives. In Metro Area specifically, there are numerous City Councils that prioritize local issues such as expanding public transportation options or developing strategies to support small businesses.
The political climate in Ontario Metro Area is very conservative.
In Ontario Metro Area 23.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Ontario metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.4% to 23.8%.
The Ontario metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ontario Metro Area is very conservative.
Oregon is moderately liberal.
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.
Ontario, Oregon: 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 Ontario Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,141 contributions totaling $59,998 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 490 contributions totaling $137,680 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $281 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)