Cambridge, OH is a small city in Ohio with a population of approximately 11,000 people. The local government is comprised of an elected mayor and seven city council members, all of whom serve four-year terms. The mayor and council are responsible for setting the budget, approving ordinances and resolutions, and ensuring that the city runs smoothly and efficiently. The current mayor of Cambridge is Tom Orr. Other members of the Cambridge political scene include City Auditor Mike Loomis, City Administrator Matt Miller, Safety Director Dale Davis, Council President Dave Whitehead and Council Members Elaine Smith, Steve Aclebrancky, Todd Elliott and Lane Schumacher. Each member represents a different ward or district within the city itself. Issues facing the local political scene range from economic development to public safety to infrastructure improvements. All elected officials work together to create policies that will benefit the citizens of Cambridge as well as ensure that their taxes are spent wisely.
The political climate in Zip 43725 (Cambridge, OH) is strongly conservative.
Guernsey County, OH is very conservative. In Guernsey County, OH 25.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Guernsey county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.4% to 25.1%.
Guernsey county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43725 (Cambridge, OH) is strongly conservative.
Cambridge, Ohio is strongly conservative.
Guernsey County, Ohio is very conservative.
Cambridge 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.
Cambridge, 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 43725 (Cambridge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 193 contributions totaling $16,205 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 144 contributions totaling $92,496 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $642 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)