The small city of Wauseon, OH is located in Fulton County and is home to just over 6,000 residents. The city is governed by a Mayor-Council system comprised of an elected mayor and seven councilmembers who are selected at-large every four years. The current mayor of Wauseon is Kathy Huner and the City Council consists of David Gray, Joe Short, Marci Henry, Jeff Kleck, Shannon Miller, Bill Reichert and Matt Thompson. The local political climate in Wauseon has been largely peaceful for many years with the majority of citizens having confidence in their leaders as evidenced by their continued election success. Issues that have been on the forefront lately include balancing budgets during tough economic times, investing in infrastructure improvements for roads and utilities, as well as maintaining public safety with efficient police and fire services.
The political climate in Zip 43567 (Wauseon, OH) is very conservative.
Fulton County, OH is very conservative. In Fulton County, OH 29.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fulton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.0% to 29.2%.
Fulton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43567 (Wauseon, OH) is very conservative.
Wauseon, Ohio is very conservative.
Fulton County, Ohio is very conservative.
Toledo Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Wauseon, 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 43567 (Wauseon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 297 contributions totaling $8,301 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 87 contributions totaling $13,652 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)