The politics in 44902 Mansfield, OH are largely controlled by the Republican Party. The current Mayor is Tim Theaker and he has been in office since January 2014. He is supported by a majority of the local government and leads the city council with his conservative agenda. Local representatives in the Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Senate both come from the Republican party as well, making it more difficult for other political parties to pass legislation in this area. There are several civic organizations that work to keep citizens informed about local politics and inform them about their rights. These organizations advocate for civil rights, education, healthcare reform, environmental protection, economic development, and other key issues of importance to all citizens living in 44902 Mansfield, OH.
The political climate in Zip 44902 (Mansfield, OH) is moderately conservative.
Richland County, OH is very conservative. In Richland County, OH 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, Richland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.1% to 29.4%.
Richland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 44902 (Mansfield, OH) is moderately conservative.
Mansfield, Ohio is moderately conservative.
Richland County, Ohio is very conservative.
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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 44902 (Mansfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 329 contributions totaling $5,146 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $1,817 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)