Grove City, OH is a city located in southwestern Ohio with a population of 39,088. It is governed by an elected mayor and six-member city council. The city's local politics focus on issues such as infrastructure development, economic growth, public safety, health care access, environmental protection, and education. Residents of Grove City are encouraged to get involved in local politics to make their voices heard and have their concerns addressed. Many civic organizations exist to help citizens learn about the political process and to promote discussion on important issues impacting the community. Voting for local elections is also highly encouraged as it is an essential part of democratic process that helps shape the future of Grove City.
The political climate in Grove City, OH is somewhat 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
Grove City, OH is somewhat 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.
Grove City, 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 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 Grove City, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,482 contributions totaling $133,211 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 973 contributions totaling $458,483 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $471 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)