The small town of 45873 Oakwood, OH is a vibrant community with people passionate about their local government and political representation. In recent years, the city has seen increased attention in regards to its politics as citizens look to ensure their interests are being represented at the state and federal level. Popular issues include protecting the environment, improving public education, and increasing access to healthcare. It is up to the local residents to decide which candidates will best represent them in office. The election cycle is often highly contested as candidates from both sides of the aisle strive for victory. Ultimately, it is the voters who have the say in who will be leading their community for years to come.
The political climate in Zip 45873 (Oakwood, OH) is very conservative.
Paulding County, OH is very conservative. In Paulding County, OH 23.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Paulding county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.7% to 23.3%.
Paulding county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 45873 (Oakwood, OH) is very conservative.
Oakwood, Ohio is very conservative.
Paulding 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.
Oakwood, 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 45873 (Oakwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $76,268 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,467 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)