The city of Canton, OH, located in Stark County, is home to a population of approximately 72,000 people. The city is governed by the Canton City Council, which consists of seven members who are elected at-large and serve four-year terms. The Mayor serves as the head of the council and is elected every four years on a nonpartisan ballot. Residents are able to get involved in local politics by attending monthly meetings or participating in various city sponsored initiatives and programs. Additionally, they can contact their local politicians to voice their opinion and share ideas. Political issues that have recently been addressed include education, public safety, infrastructure improvements and economic development. With an engaged population and well-informed leaders, Canton continues to be a vibrant and safe community with plenty of opportunities for growth.
The political climate in Zip 44705 (Canton, OH) is somewhat 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 44705 (Canton, OH) is somewhat conservative.
Canton, Ohio is somewhat 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 44705 (Canton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 87 contributions totaling $3,764 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $13,892 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)