Newcomerstown, OH is a small town located in Tuscarawas County. It is a relatively quiet community with a population of approximately 3,400 people. The town has its own local government, which consists of a mayor and six council members who are elected by residents every four years. Recently, the mayoral seat has been held by Linda Fonner since 2017 and the council members are Jack Capper, Rick Shearer, Don Mason, David Filburn, Bobbi Jackson and Terry Kemp. They work to ensure the well-being of the citizens by overseeing road maintenance and construction projects, creating ordinances that help keep the community safe, implementing new infrastructure initiatives and providing assistance to local businesses. The Newcomerstown political landscape is active but friendly - all candidates focus on what is best for the town as a whole.
The political climate in Zip 43832 (Newcomerstown, OH) is very conservative.
Tuscarawas County, OH is very conservative. In Tuscarawas County, OH 29.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tuscarawas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.1% to 29.2%.
Tuscarawas county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43832 (Newcomerstown, OH) is very conservative.
Newcomerstown, Ohio is very conservative.
Tuscarawas County, Ohio is very conservative.
New Philadelphia-Dover 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.
Newcomerstown, Ohio: r R d 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 43832 (Newcomerstown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 324 contributions totaling $11,441 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $4,521 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)