Canton, Ohio is a major city in the state of Ohio and is located in Stark County. It has a long history of political activism and involvement. The area's current mayor is Thomas M. Bernabei, who was elected in 2011. He has been committed to improving the quality of life for residents of Canton and surrounding areas. Additionally, there are many local candidates running for office throughout Stark County, including those running for county commissioner, state representative and city council member. All these candidates have their own agendas and positions on issues such as public safety, economic development and health care reform. Regardless of who wins the election, it is certain that political change will continue to be an important factor in the lives of those living in 44703 Canton, Ohio.
The political climate in Zip 44703 (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 44703 (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 44703 (Canton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $1,440 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $1,725 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)