The small town of Dorset, Ohio (44032) is an active political hub for local and state matters. Located in Lorain County, the community is represented by several local representatives such as State Representative Nathan Manning who serves the 57th District in the Ohio House of Representatives. Residents also vote for their local officials including Sherriff Phil Stammitti, Prosecutor Dennis Will, and Clerk of Courts Ron Nabakowski. On a county level, Dorset residents elect a commissioner to serve on the Lorain County Commissioners Board that makes decisions about the budgets and policies of Lorain County. The Dorset community shares concerns with other communities in Lorain County regarding taxes, public safety, economic development, education and more. Local civic and political organizations have been formed to help residents stay informed about the issues impacting their lives as well as organize efforts to solve those issues.
The political climate in Zip 44032 (Dorset, OH) is strongly conservative.
Ashtabula County, OH is moderately conservative. In Ashtabula County, OH 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ashtabula county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.8% to 37.3%.
Ashtabula county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 44032 (Dorset, OH) is strongly conservative.
Dorset, Ohio is strongly conservative.
Ashtabula County, Ohio is moderately conservative.
Ashtabula 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.
Dorset, Ohio: d 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 44032 (Dorset)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $726 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $2,450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)