Columbia Station, OH is a small community located in Lorain County with an estimated population of 4,508 people. Politics in the area are managed by the local government and representatives from the surrounding counties. The mayor of Columbia Station is Joe Lombardo, who was elected in November 2017. Other elected officials for this area include four city council members who serve four-year terms, three members of the Lorain County Board of Commissioners, two state representative seats that represent Lorain County, a state senator seat, and a member of the US House of Representatives. All of these positions help to serve the needs and interests of the citizens in Columbia Station.
The political climate in Zip 44028 (Columbia Station, OH) is somewhat conservative.
Lorain County, OH is leaning conservative. In Lorain County, OH 48.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lorain county flipped narrowly Republican, 50.4% to 48.0%.
Lorain county flipped Republican afer voting Democratic in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 44028 (Columbia Station, OH) is somewhat conservative.
Columbia Station, Ohio is somewhat conservative.
Lorain County, Ohio is leaning conservative.
Cleveland-Elyria 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.
Columbia Station, Ohio: D D D D d 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 44028 (Columbia Station)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 170 contributions totaling $10,432 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $51,381 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $685 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)