The city of North Canton, Ohio is located in Stark County and has a population of approximately 17,000 residents. It is governed by an elected Mayor-Council system and the City Council consists of seven council members who are elected to serve four-year terms. The mayor is responsible for making policy decisions for the city, while the council members are responsible for creating ordinances and voting on resolutions that affect the citizens of North Canton. The current mayor is Stephan Wilder and there are currently three members of council up for re-election in 2021—John Binder, Tim Neumann, and Curt Moll. Local politics have become increasingly important in North Canton as residents strive to improve their quality of life. In recent years, issues such as taxes, public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development initiatives, and environmental sustainability have been among the top concerns addressed by local politicians.
The political climate in Zip 44720 (North Canton, OH) is moderately conservative.
Stark County, OH is moderately conservative. In Stark County, OH 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stark county remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 39.9%.
Stark county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 44720 (North Canton, OH) is moderately conservative.
North Canton, Ohio is moderately conservative.
Stark County, Ohio is moderately conservative.
Canton-Massillon 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.
North Canton, Ohio: r 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 44720 (North Canton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,218 contributions totaling $68,220 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,089 contributions totaling $324,897 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $298 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)