South Zanesville, OH is an area known for its local politics and its dedication to community engagement. The city council and mayor are committed to staying in touch with the citizens of South Zanesville and making sure their voices are heard. They strive to make decisions that benefit the entire community and work with local organizations in order to serve the needs of all residents. Furthermore, they have made great strides in creating jobs, improving infrastructure, and providing resources to citizens throughout South Zanesville. The city council is also constantly working on initiatives that will increase voter turnout at elections and ensure that everyone’s voice is heard in the democratic process. This shows a commitment to ensuring that all citizens have a say in how South Zanesville operates, which has helped create a thriving political atmosphere within the city.
The political climate in South Zanesville, OH is strongly 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
South Zanesville, OH is strongly 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.
South 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 South Zanesville, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,852 contributions totaling $72,780 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,352 contributions totaling $761,648 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $563 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)