The small village of Arcanum, Ohio (zip code 45304) is located in the southwestern part of the state. Politically, the residents of Arcanum are largely conservative and are represented in the state legislature by Republican officials. Locally, Arcanum has a town council which is made up of four members elected on a non-partisan basis. The town council makes decisions such as setting taxes to fund services and facilities for the local community. The village also holds annual elections to decide who should serve in various public offices including mayor and city clerk. These local elections are an important way for citizens to participate in their government and have a say in how their community is run.
The political climate in Zip 45304 (Arcanum, OH) is very conservative.
Darke County, OH is very conservative. In Darke County, OH 17.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Darke county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.0% to 17.4%.
Darke county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 45304 (Arcanum, OH) is very conservative.
Arcanum, Ohio is very conservative.
Darke County, Ohio is very conservative.
Greenville 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.
Arcanum, 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 zip 45304 (Arcanum)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $373 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 98 contributions totaling $12,887 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)