The small town of 45861 Melrose, OH is home to a close-knit community of approximately 2,000 residents. As with many rural communities, the political environment in 45861 Melrose is relatively conservative and focused on local issues. Community members take pride in their small-town roots and are involved in the decision-making process for their town. At election time, residents vote on local candidates who are interested in making positive changes to the town such as improving infrastructure or providing more resources for senior citizens. Local candidates focus their campaigns on issues that directly affect the people of 45861 Melrose, such as improving public safety or providing better educational opportunities for children. Residents value civic engagement and take an active role in local elections by researching candidates’ platforms and expressing their opinions at town hall meetings and other public forums.
The political climate in Zip 45861 (Melrose, OH) is very conservative.
Paulding County, OH is very conservative. In Paulding County, OH 23.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Paulding county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.7% to 23.3%.
Paulding county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 45861 (Melrose, OH) is very conservative.
Melrose, Ohio is very conservative.
Paulding County, Ohio is very conservative.
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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.
Melrose, 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 45861 (Melrose)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)