The small town of 45882 Rockford, OH is home to a politically engaged population who take pride in their local government. The mayor and city council work hard to ensure that the community’s needs are met, from maintaining public works infrastructure to fostering a vibrant business district. Local political issues are debated passionately in frequent town hall meetings, while candidates for office speak with residents to explain their platforms and answer questions on the campaign trail. Every vote matters as residents decide which candidate best represents their values and goals for the future of the city. Rockford is an example of how small towns can demonstrate strong civic engagement and create meaningful change through communal involvement in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 45882 (Rockford, OH) is very conservative.
Mercer County, OH is very conservative. In Mercer County, OH 16.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mercer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.8% to 16.9%.
Mercer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 45882 (Rockford, OH) is very conservative.
Rockford, Ohio is very conservative.
Mercer County, Ohio is very conservative.
Celina 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.
Rockford, 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 45882 (Rockford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $1,491 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)