The city of Wilmington, Ohio, located in Clinton County with a zip code of 45177, is home to many citizens who are deeply engaged in their local politics. The current mayor of Wilmington is John Stanforth and the City Council consists of six members - Jim Moore, Scott L. Winkler, Jean Ann Rintleman, Ryan Werts, Mark McKay and Chris Austin. The city has several initiatives in place to help ensure that all residents have access to a voice in local politics. These initiatives include public forums where residents can meet with leaders to discuss issues affecting their city and get answers to questions they may have. Additionally, local newspapers give residents an opportunity to stay up-to-date on all political events and elections happening in their area.
The political climate in Zip 45177 (Wilmington, OH) is strongly conservative.
Clinton County, OH is very conservative. In Clinton County, OH 22.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clinton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.3% to 22.8%.
Clinton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 45177 (Wilmington, OH) is strongly conservative.
Wilmington, Ohio is strongly conservative.
Clinton County, Ohio is very conservative.
Wilmington 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.
Wilmington, 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 45177 (Wilmington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,904 contributions totaling $81,629 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 234 contributions totaling $34,947 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)