Located in Lorain County, Amherst, OH (zip code 44001) is home to a politically diverse population. The issues that the city faces are largely economic and social in nature. In recent years, the city has had a focus on creating and improving its infrastructure and services for residents. Politically, there are a number of major candidates who put their names forward to represent the citizens of Amherst, Ohio. Issues such as economic growth, affordable housing, public safety, transportation and education have been priorities for these local political candidates. In recent elections, initiatives to increase funding for public safety and infrastructure improvements have been successful as well as increased efforts to make sure all citizens have access to quality education and healthcare. With an array of ideas from both sides of the aisle being brought forth by elected officials in Amherst, OH (44001), it is clear that this city is an example of democracy at its finest.
The political climate in Zip 44001 (Amherst, OH) is leaning conservative.
Lorain County, OH is leaning conservative. In Lorain County, OH 48.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lorain county flipped narrowly Republican, 50.4% to 48.0%.
Lorain county flipped Republican afer voting Democratic in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 44001 (Amherst, OH) is leaning conservative.
Amherst, Ohio is leaning conservative.
Lorain County, Ohio is leaning conservative.
Cleveland-Elyria 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.
Amherst, Ohio: D D D D d 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 zip 44001 (Amherst)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 456 contributions totaling $63,093 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 133 contributions totaling $128,329 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $965 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)