Mansfield, OH is a small city located in the Northern region of Ohio with an estimated population of 47,000. The city is served by a mayor-council government system with a current mayor elected every four years. In the city, there are seven council members that serve staggered terms of four years each and are elected for their respective wards. The council holds biweekly meetings which are open to the public and available to view online. The city鈥檚 political climate is largely based on local issues such as taxation and economic development. Residents of Mansfield have organized various committees to investigate and address important topics throughout the year. Local political candidates come from all walks of life and represent different ideological backgrounds including moderate, conservative, and liberal perspectives.
The political climate in Zip 44901 (Mansfield, OH) is very conservative.
Richland County, OH is very conservative. In Richland County, OH 29.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Richland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.1% to 29.4%.
Richland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 44901 (Mansfield, OH) is very conservative.
Mansfield, Ohio is very conservative.
Richland County, Ohio is very conservative.
Mansfield 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.
Mansfield, 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 44901 (Mansfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $2,484 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $6,390 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $639 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)