Mansfield, OH is a city located in Richland County with a diverse population. Although it isn't a large city, Mansfield's politics are an important part of the community. The mayor of Mansfield is Tim Theaker who has been in office since 2014 and is term-limited. For the City Council, there are nine council members elected on nonpartisan ballots to serve four year terms. They hold monthly meetings at City Hall to decide on proposed legislation and tend to all other matters related to local governance. Additionally, Mansfield residents are part of the state government as Ohio's 16th Congressional District which is represented by Congressman Anthony Gonzalez. All these elected officials work together with the citizens of Mansfield to ensure that their voices are heard and that their local government serves them well.
The political climate in Zip 44904 (Mansfield, OH) is very conservative.
Richland County, OH is very conservative. In Richland County, OH 29.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Richland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.1% to 29.4%.
Richland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 44904 (Mansfield, OH) is very conservative.
Mansfield, Ohio is very conservative.
Richland County, Ohio is very conservative.
Mansfield Metro Area is very 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.
Mansfield, 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 44904 (Mansfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 317 contributions totaling $20,731 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 165 contributions totaling $19,348 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)