The politics in 45686 Vinton, OH is centered around local government. Local representatives are elected to serve the needs of the community. These representatives work to support the mission of the town and look out for the best interests of its residents. The current mayor is Tom White, who has been leading the city since 2017. Along with him, five council members are elected into office every two years, each representing a ward in the city. Their duties include managing funds and creating laws that best suit their constituents' needs. Additionally, there are several other organizations within Vinton such as a school board and library board that help shape how Vinton operates as a whole. All of these entities work together in order to provide an effective government for all citizens of Vinton.
The political climate in Zip 45686 (Vinton, OH) is very conservative.
Gallia County, OH is very conservative. In Gallia County, OH 21.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gallia county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.1% to 21.7%.
Gallia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 45686 (Vinton, OH) is very conservative.
Vinton, Ohio is very conservative.
Gallia County, Ohio is very conservative.
Point Pleasant 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.
Vinton, 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 45686 (Vinton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $430 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $925 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)