Piketon, OH is a small town located in the Appalachian region of Ohio. While it is not a major political hub, the politics in Piketon are important to its residents. Elections for local offices such as mayor, city council, and school board have a direct impact on the lives of those living here. In the past few years, voters have made their voices heard on issues such as local tax levies and referendum decisions that will affect the future of Piketon. The town has also played an active role in state wide elections by engaging in voter registration drives and encouraging citizens to become more politically informed. Citizens here are passionate about their town and want to ensure that their elected officials make decisions that are best for them and their community鈥檚 future.
The political climate in Piketon, OH is strongly conservative.
Pike County, OH is very conservative. In Pike County, OH 25.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pike county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.7% to 25.0%.
Pike county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Piketon, OH is strongly conservative.
Pike County, Ohio 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.
Piketon, 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 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 Piketon, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 381 contributions totaling $20,070 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 143 contributions totaling $225,938 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,580 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)