The city of Middletown, OH (45042) is served by the Middletown City Council which is composed of seven members elected at-large to staggered four-year terms. Along with the council, the mayor and members of various boards and commissions serve local government. Mayor Joe Mulligan has been in office since 2012 and leads the city鈥檚 executive branch. Middletown residents have the opportunity to exercise their right to vote in elections for local officials such as mayors, city council members, county commissioners, trustees, and other county offices. The primary elections are held each May where citizens can select finalists for a particular office. In November general elections, these individuals will then compete against each other in hopes of being elected to office. Citizens can stay informed about upcoming elections by visiting the Butler County Board of Elections website or contacting their local government offices for more information.
The political climate in Zip 45042 (Middletown, OH) is moderately conservative.
Butler County, OH is moderately conservative. In Butler County, OH 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.3% to 37.3%.
Butler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 45042 (Middletown, OH) is moderately conservative.
Middletown, Ohio is moderately conservative.
Butler County, Ohio is moderately conservative.
Cincinnati Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Middletown, 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 45042 (Middletown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 326 contributions totaling $130,947 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $402 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 446 contributions totaling $284,733 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $638 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)