The small city of Clayton, OH is a vibrant community located in Montgomery County. While the city may not be large, its politics are still active and influential. Every two years during the general election, local residents have the chance to participate in voting for local political officials such as their mayor and council members. Additionally, state and nationwide elections take place every four years to decide on government representatives such as senators and governors. Through these elections, the citizens of Clayton have a major say in who will represent them in government and how their voices can be heard across the state. With recent initiatives to increase voter turnout, it is evident that when it comes to politics in Clayton, OH, residents are engaged and passionate about ensuring their voice is heard.
The political climate in Clayton, OH is leaning conservative.
Montgomery County, OH is leaning liberal. In Montgomery County, OH 50.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.2% to 47.9%.
Montgomery county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clayton, OH is leaning conservative.
Montgomery County, Ohio 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.
Clayton, Ohio: d d d d r d
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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Clayton, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,496 contributions totaling $109,717 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 349 contributions totaling $39,198 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)