Madison County, Ohio is an important part of the state's political landscape. Located in the heart of central Ohio, Madison County has long been a hotbed for political activity and debate. The county is home to several prominent politicians at the local, state, and federal level. At the local level, Madison County is represented by numerous mayors, city council members, school board members, and other elected officials who are responsible for ensuring that their constituents’ interests are being heard and respected. At the state level, Madison County sends representatives to the Ohio State House and Senate each year to represent their district. Finally, Madison County also plays an important role in national politics as they send one representative to Congress each election cycle. Overall, politics in Madison County are lively and ever-changing as its leaders continue to work towards improving their community’s quality of life while maintaining strong ties with their fellow Ohioans.
The political climate in Madison County, OH is very conservative.
In Madison County, OH 28.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.6% to 28.7%.
Madison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Madison County, OH is very conservative.
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.
Madison, 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 Madison County, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 607 contributions totaling $34,786 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 342 contributions totaling $141,261 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $413 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)