Rossford, OH is a small city located in Wood County, Ohio. It has a population of 6,294 people according to the 2010 census. The local government for Rossford is composed of a mayor and six-member council, which are elected by the citizens of Rossford. The Mayor serves a four year term and each councilperson serves two year terms. Local political candidates running for office can be found through various sources online or in the newspaper. The current state representative for Rossford is Rep. Craig Riedel, who was first elected in November 2018 on a platform of providing better education opportunities and economic growth initiatives. Recent initiatives included increasing infrastructure spending, revitalizing downtown business districts, and creating local job opportunities through grants funded by the state of Ohio government.
The political climate in Zip 43460 (Rossford, OH) is somewhat conservative.
Wood County, OH is leaning conservative. In Wood County, OH 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wood county remained moderately Republican, 52.9% to 45.3%.
Wood county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43460 (Rossford, OH) is somewhat conservative.
Rossford, Ohio is somewhat conservative.
Wood County, Ohio is leaning conservative.
Toledo Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Rossford, Ohio: r r d d 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 43460 (Rossford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 120 contributions totaling $9,099 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $4,191 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)