Eaton, OH is a small city located in Preble County, Ohio. It has a population of 8,000 people and is governed by a mayor-council system. The current Mayor of Eaton is Tom Bostic, who was elected in 2017. The city council consists of seven members representing four wards within the city. There are several local political candidates running for office in 45320 Eaton, OH this upcoming election cycle including Mike Lutz for Mayor and Amber Wilford and Tim Rice for City Council. All three candidates have expressed their commitment to improving the quality of life for Eaton residents through increased public safety initiatives and more focus on economic development. Additionally, they have all committed to enhancing the public infrastructure and providing better services to the community.
The political climate in Zip 45320 (Eaton, OH) is very conservative.
Preble County, OH is very conservative. In Preble County, OH 20.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Preble county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 20.6%.
Preble county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 45320 (Eaton, OH) is very conservative.
Eaton, Ohio is very conservative.
Preble County, Ohio is very conservative.
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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.
Eaton, Ohio: R R R R 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 45320 (Eaton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 274 contributions totaling $8,908 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 208 contributions totaling $16,085 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)