Minerva Park, OH is a small community located in Franklin County. It has a long history of civic engagement and political involvement. While the local politics of Minerva Park are largely centered around improving the quality of life for its citizens, there is still a strong sense of pride in the democratic processes that makes up their local government. Elections are held every two years to elect members to the City Council, which sets policies and oversees city operations. There is also a Mayor, who is elected by citizens in Minerva Park and is responsible for ensuring that all local laws and regulations are upheld. Residents also have an active role in influencing policy decisions at the state level through representatives from their county and district. Additionally, Minerva Park holds regular town meetings to discuss issues important to its citizens and come up with solutions to any problems that may arise within the community.
The political climate in Minerva Park, 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
Minerva Park, 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.
Minerva Park, 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 Minerva Park, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,471 contributions totaling $284,115 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 879 contributions totaling $321,805 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $366 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)