The politics of 44632 Hartville, OH are largely reflective of the state as a whole. The city is predominately Republican, with most local candidates representing the party. This is evidenced by recent elections that have seen Republican incumbents win their respective races for mayor and other offices. In terms of policy, the city generally follows conservative values, such as promoting pro-business policies and favoring limited government interference in citizens’ daily lives. Despite these conservative ideals, however, Hartville still remains one of Ohio's most progressive cities on a number of issues such as education reform and civil rights. In addition to focusing on local concerns, the city continues to play an active role in national politics by actively participating in election campaigns and debates.
The political climate in Zip 44632 (Hartville, OH) is moderately conservative.
Stark County, OH is moderately conservative. In Stark County, OH 39.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stark county remained very strongly Republican, 58.4% to 39.9%.
Stark county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 44632 (Hartville, OH) is moderately conservative.
Hartville, Ohio is moderately conservative.
Stark County, Ohio is moderately conservative.
Canton-Massillon Metro Area is moderately 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.
Hartville, Ohio: r d d d 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 44632 (Hartville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 178 contributions totaling $63,742 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $358 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $147,206 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,840 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)