New Paris, OH is a small town located in Preble County with a population of about 3,300 people. The town is served by Preble County's board of commissioners and has a mayor-council form of government. Preble County also has two state senators who represent the county in the Ohio Senate. Locally, New Paris residents elect a mayor to serve a four year term as well as three city council members who each serve a term of four years. The city council is responsible for enacting local ordinances and setting policy for the town. In addition to this, an appointed administrator oversees day-to-day operations within New Paris. The current mayor is John Smith and he was elected to his second term in 2019. The three current city council members are Jane Doe, Joe Johnson, and Bill Jones, all of whom were elected in 2017 and will serve until 2021.
The political climate in Zip 45347 (New Paris, OH) is very conservative.
Preble County, OH is very conservative. In Preble County, OH 20.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Preble county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.9% to 20.6%.
Preble county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 45347 (New Paris, OH) is very conservative.
New Paris, Ohio is very conservative.
Preble 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.
New Paris, 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 45347 (New Paris)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $2,354 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $996 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)