Williamstown, Ohio is a small town located in the foothills of Appalachia. As such, it has limited political representation. Currently, there is only one representative for the state legislature covering 45897 Williamstown, OH. That representative is Senator Michael J. Skindell who has been in office since 2016. In terms of local politics, Williamstown generally participates in elections that are held in the county level rather than city-specific ones. The town prides itself on its nonpartisan approach when it comes to voting and the citizens typically choose candidates based on their individual merits and not party affiliations. While there is a limited scope of political representation within 45897 Williamstown, OH, its citizens take pride in their right to vote and make sure their voices are heard at every level of government.
The political climate in Zip 45897 (Williamstown, OH) is very conservative.
Hancock County, OH is very conservative. In Hancock County, OH 30.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hancock county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 30.3%.
Hancock county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 45897 (Williamstown, OH) is very conservative.
Williamstown, Ohio is very conservative.
Hancock County, Ohio is very conservative.
Findlay 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.
Williamstown, 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 45897 (Williamstown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)