Franklin, OH County is a hub of political activity. With a population of over 1 million people, there is no shortage of discussion and debate on the local political issues that affect the community. The county has several elected leaders that represent their constituents at the state and federal level. They are responsible for addressing issues such as taxes, infrastructure, healthcare, education and other important matters. Additionally, there are numerous candidates running in local elections each year for positions such as mayor, county commissioner and council member. These candidates come from various backgrounds and have different points of view on how to best serve the citizens of Franklin County. The elections are hotly contested with citizens taking an active role in making sure their voices are heard through voting and advocating for change.
The political climate in 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
Franklin County, OH 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.
Franklin, 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 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 Franklin County, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 78,022 contributions totaling $14,016,148 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16,340 contributions totaling $25,417,071 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,556 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)