The city of Cardington, OH, with a ZIP code of 43315, is part of Morrow County and is represented by the local government. It is a small rural town with a total population of around 2,000 people that primarily relies on agriculture and business for its economic stability. The mayor of Cardington is Shana Kidd-Cockrell, who was elected in 2017 and has been leading the town since then. The town council consists of five members who were all appointed in 2020: Brian Blanton as President; Donnie Workman as Vice President; Davey Otte; Jim Oney; and David Williams. All the members work together to formulate policies to help make sure that Cardington remains a great place to live. The town council also works closely with local civic organizations to ensure that they are helping meet the needs of their residents and businesses alike. Additionally, Cardington holds regular mayoral elections every four years so that residents can elect the local leader they believe will best represent their interests.
The political climate in Zip 43315 (Cardington, OH) is very conservative.
Morrow County, OH is very conservative. In Morrow County, OH 21.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morrow county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.2% to 21.9%.
Morrow county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43315 (Cardington, OH) is very conservative.
Cardington, Ohio is very conservative.
Morrow County, Ohio 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.
Cardington, 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 43315 (Cardington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $607 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $3,095 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)