Canton, OH is a city located in the state of Ohio in Stark County. It has a population of approximately 70,000 and is primarily known for its large steel industry and museum centers. Politically, the city leans heavily toward the Democratic Party. The current mayor of Canton is Tom Bernabei and he was elected to a second term in 2019 after winning against his Republican challenger by more than 2000 votes. Other members of the local political scene include several State Representatives and State Senators as well as a few City Councilors. While there are no major party candidates seeking office in 44702 Canton this year, many Canton residents take part in local politics by attending meetings, volunteering on campaigns, and rallying for their favored candidates or issues.
The political climate in Zip 44702 (Canton, OH) is leaning conservative.
Stark County, OH is moderately conservative. In Stark County, OH 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stark county remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 39.9%.
Stark county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 44702 (Canton, OH) is leaning conservative.
Canton, Ohio is leaning conservative.
Stark County, Ohio is moderately conservative.
Canton-Massillon Metro Area is moderately 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.
Canton, Ohio: r d 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 44702 (Canton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $4,491 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $321 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 98 contributions totaling $233,048 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,378 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)