The city of Columbus, OH, is a bustling and vibrant community in the heart of Ohio. With a population close to 900,000 people, it is the state’s most populated city and home to numerous cultural and educational institutions. It is also home to numerous political candidates holding local office positions. The current Mayor of Columbus is Andrew J. Ginther, who was elected in 2016. The City Council consists of seven members, all who are elected for four-year terms. In addition to these officials, there are several other local political candidates running for office in 43054 Columbus at any given time. These candidates come from all walks of life and work hard to ensure their political agenda is represented accurately and effectively in government policies and decisions.
The political climate in Zip 43054 (Columbus, OH) is moderately liberal.
Franklin County, OH is strongly liberal. In Franklin County, OH 64.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.7% to 33.4%.
Franklin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43054 (Columbus, OH) is moderately liberal.
Columbus, Ohio is moderately liberal.
Franklin County, Ohio is strongly liberal.
Columbus Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Columbus, Ohio: d d D D D D
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 43054 (Columbus)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,395 contributions totaling $675,926 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $485 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,016 contributions totaling $1,820,688 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,792 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)