45775 Rutland, OH is a small town located in southeastern Ohio. The town is governed by a mayor-council form of government, where the mayor is the chief executive overseeing the entire municipality and the council oversees legislative affairs. In 45775 Rutland, citizens have the right to vote in local elections for both the mayor and city council members. These local political candidates are chosen from a pool of qualified candidates who demonstrate their ability to serve their constituents with dedication, integrity, and innovation. The current mayor of Rutland is Tom Corwin and he has been in office since 2019. The city council consists of six members elected at large for four year terms. Each member brings unique skills and perspectives that help shape policy decisions that directly affect all residents of 45775 Rutland, OH.
The political climate in Zip 45775 (Rutland, OH) is very conservative.
Meigs County, OH is very conservative. In Meigs County, OH 22.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Meigs county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.8% to 22.7%.
Meigs county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 45775 (Rutland, OH) is very conservative.
Rutland, Ohio is very conservative.
Meigs 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.
Rutland, 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 45775 (Rutland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $121 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,685 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)