The politics in Canton, OH 44709 are largely dominated by the Republican Party. The city is located in Stark County, which is a historically Republican-leaning county. In recent elections, Republican candidates have received the majority of votes from Canton residents at both the local and national levels. Local Republican representatives include Congresswoman Susan Bliss, Ohio Senate leader Kirk Schuring, and State Representative Marilyn Slaby. All three of these officials have held their respective seats since first being elected to them. At the county level, the Stark County Commissioners are currently composed of two Republicans and one Democrat. Despite this overall partisan lean to the right, there are still many passionate Democrats living in Canton who regularly vote for their preferred candidates and push for progressive reforms across all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 44709 (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 44709 (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 44709 (Canton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 265 contributions totaling $39,631 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 250 contributions totaling $109,426 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $438 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)