The politics in 43512 Defiance, OH are mainly centered around the Defiance County Board of Commissioners. The three commissioners serve four-year terms and are responsible for setting the county budget, managing growth and development, and overseeing the county's departments. As part of their duties, they also address issues such as public safety, health care services, water supply and waste management. Additionally, there are five elected members of the Defiance City Council who represent the city's residents in both local legislation and government initiatives. The mayor of Defiance is elected by voters every four years and is tasked with running day-to-day operations within the city. All of these elected officials work together to ensure that the citizens of 43512 Defiance have access to necessary resources in order to maintain a quality lifestyle in their community.
The political climate in Zip 43512 (Defiance, OH) is strongly conservative.
Defiance County, OH is very conservative. In Defiance County, OH 30.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Defiance county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.3% to 30.9%.
Defiance county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43512 (Defiance, OH) is strongly conservative.
Defiance, Ohio is strongly conservative.
Defiance County, Ohio is very conservative.
Defiance 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.
Defiance, 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 43512 (Defiance)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 773 contributions totaling $24,585 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 302 contributions totaling $54,927 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)