The politics in 44824 Castalia, OH are largely driven by the local and state governments who work to make sure the community is represented as best as possible. Currently, there are a variety of issues on the agendas of many politicians and government officials in the area, including topics such as education, healthcare, infrastructure, jobs, and environment. Many of these topics have been debated at length amongst local political candidates running for office during recent elections. However, due to nondisclosure of population data some residents feel their voices may not be adequately heard during decisions made by their representatives.
The political climate in Zip 44824 (Castalia, OH) is moderately conservative.
Erie County, OH is somewhat conservative. In Erie County, OH 43.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Erie county remained strongly Republican, 54.8% to 43.3%.
Erie county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 44824 (Castalia, OH) is moderately conservative.
Castalia, Ohio is moderately conservative.
Erie County, Ohio is somewhat conservative.
Sandusky Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Castalia, Ohio: d d D D 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 44824 (Castalia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $1,744 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $900 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)