Marion County is located in the north central part of Ohio and has a population of approximately 66,500 people. Politically, Marion County leans Republican, with many members supporting conservative ideals and policies. Local candidates in Marion County vary from both parties, but are typically quite conservative and focus on issues such as fiscal responsibility, job creation, healthcare availability, and education reform. Elections in Marion County usually draw a large number of voters due to the county's proximity to larger cities like Columbus and Cincinnati. Candidates often spend significant amounts of time campaigning in the area to ensure their message is heard by local residents.
The political climate in Marion County, OH is very conservative.
In Marion County, OH 29.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.3% to 29.7%.
Marion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Marion County, OH is very conservative.
Marion 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.
Marion, 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 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 Marion County, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 394 contributions totaling $38,664 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 385 contributions totaling $52,456 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)