Bradner, Ohio is a small village located in Wood County with a population of just over 500. It’s a largely rural town, and the political focus for the people of Bradner remains on local issues. The Republican Party has held the majority in Bradner for decades, and most local elections consist of Republicans running against one another. Over the past few years, the increased political activism among younger generations has seen an increase in Democrats running in these local elections. As such, there is an interesting mix of both parties vying for office and working to find solutions to local problems.
The political climate in Zip 43406 (Bradner, OH) is somewhat conservative.
Wood County, OH is leaning conservative. In Wood County, OH 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wood county remained moderately Republican, 52.9% to 45.3%.
Wood county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43406 (Bradner, OH) is somewhat conservative.
Bradner, Ohio is somewhat conservative.
Wood County, Ohio is leaning conservative.
Toledo Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Bradner, Ohio: r r d d 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 43406 (Bradner)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $217 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)