Zanesville, Ohio is a city located in the southeastern corner of the state. It is known for its annual Zane Gray Festival and its unique landscape of rolling hills, caves, creeks and woodlands. Politically, Zanesville lies within Muskingum County and is represented in both the Ohio House of Representatives and the Ohio Senate. The current representatives for Zanesville are State Representative Brian Hill (R) for the 97th District and State Senator Tim Schaffer (R) for the 31st District. Both representatives have been allies to Governor Mike DeWine in his efforts to tackle issues such as opioid addiction and economic development. Their focus on these issues has helped bring attention to Zanesville’s unique needs as well as provide support to local businesses within the city.
The political climate in Zanesville, OH is moderately conservative.
Muskingum County, OH is very conservative. In Muskingum County, OH 29.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Muskingum county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 29.6%.
Muskingum county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zanesville, OH is moderately conservative.
Muskingum County, Ohio is very conservative.
Zanesville Metro Area is very 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.
Zanesville, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Zanesville, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 926 contributions totaling $36,390 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 676 contributions totaling $380,824 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $563 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)