The small village of 43010 Catawba, OH is located in Ottawa County, just off Lake Erie. The village is home to a population of around 1,500 people and was established in 1873. This rural community has a strong focus on preserving the tight knit bond between its residents as well as supporting local businesses.
Catawba’s local politics focus heavily on the preservation of the town’s rural character and protecting its natural resources while keeping taxes low and providing essential services to its residents. Since Ottawa County is staunchly Republican, local elections see candidates running on platforms that are often ideological and conservative in nature. The village council consists of seven members who are elected into office by popular vote every two years for four year terms. Currently there are no candidates running for office in Catawba, however during past elections issues such as economic development, tax reforms and safety have been major points of discussion among party lines.
The political climate in Zip 43010 (Catawba, OH) is strongly conservative.
Clark County, OH is moderately conservative. In Clark County, OH 37.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clark county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 37.4%.
Clark county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43010 (Catawba, OH) is strongly conservative.
Catawba, Ohio is strongly conservative.
Clark County, Ohio is moderately conservative.
Springfield Metro Area is moderately 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.
Catawba, Ohio: d 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 43010 (Catawba)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)