Anna, OH is a rural community with a population of 4,323. It is the seat of Shelby County, and is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Gary Richardson, who was elected in 2017. The City Council consists of five members each elected to staggered four year terms. The members are Teresa Schmiesing, Sylvester McCarty Jr., Aaron Drees, Robert Miller and Lillian Blume. Anna's politics focus on improving the quality of life for its citizens by providing good public services such as police and fire protection, street maintenance and infrastructure projects. Additionally, they strive to maintain an economic environment that encourages business growth and job creation. The city works with organizations such as the Chamber of Commerce to provide resources and assistance for local businesses and entrepreneurs.
The political climate in Zip 45302 (Anna, OH) is very conservative.
Shelby County, OH is very conservative. In Shelby County, OH 17.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.7% to 17.7%.
Shelby county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 45302 (Anna, OH) is very conservative.
Anna, Ohio is very conservative.
Shelby County, Ohio is very conservative.
Sidney 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.
Anna, 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 45302 (Anna)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $187 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $13 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $7,840 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $261 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)