Mansfield, Ohio is a town with a population of approximately 47,000 people and is located in Richland County. The city has a long history of local politics and has seen many changes over the years. Currently, the City Council consists of seven members who are elected by the citizens every four years to serve a two-year term. The Mayor is also elected by the citizens and serves as the chief executive officer of the city. Every two years a general election is held in which local candidates for various offices may be elected. These include positions such as mayor, city council members, county commissioner, district attorney, treasurer, judge, etc. Aside from these elections there are also regular meetings held by the City Council and other governing bodies in which important issues affecting Mansfield鈥檚 politics are discussed. These meetings provide an opportunity for citizens to voice their opinions on matters that affect their lives and community.
The political climate in Zip 44906 (Mansfield, OH) is strongly 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 44906 (Mansfield, OH) is strongly conservative.
Mansfield, Ohio is strongly 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 44906 (Mansfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 710 contributions totaling $50,383 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 251 contributions totaling $162,396 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $647 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)