Kenton, OH is situated in Hardin County and is a small town of just over 5,000 residents. The local government of Kenton consists of a mayor and seven council members who are responsible for overseeing the city’s daily operations. The current mayor is Chris Davenport and the council members are Thom Cummings, Kacie Davis, Lynette Fryman, Matthew Linnabary, Linda Naughton, Steve Poindexter and Thomas White. Their responsibilities include setting local ordinances and regulations, managing the budget and overseeing various services such as water and sewage. Furthermore, they work closely with other county officials on larger initiatives such as taxes or economic development projects. All elected officials serve four-year terms and elections take place every two years. Over the past several years Kenton has seen its share of political debates amongst citizens about issues ranging from public safety to zoning laws. As a result it has become an increasingly engaged community when it comes to civic participation in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 43326 (Kenton, OH) is strongly conservative.
Hardin County, OH is very conservative. In Hardin County, OH 23.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hardin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.1% to 23.1%.
Hardin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43326 (Kenton, OH) is strongly conservative.
Kenton, Ohio is strongly conservative.
Hardin 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.
Kenton, 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 43326 (Kenton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 51 contributions totaling $5,424 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 172 contributions totaling $49,551 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $288 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)