The politics in 43206 Columbus, OH is an interesting and diverse mix of different ideologies. The area is represented in the United States Congress by Representatives Joyce Beatty and Steve Stivers who are both Democrats. In addition, the area has a strong history of leadership from both Republicans and Democrats alike. At a local level, there are several candidates running for office including City Councilor Zach Klein who is running on a platform of progressive policies, and State Representative Kristin Boggs who is focused on creating jobs for the community. The area also has a strong presence of grassroots organizations like Indivisible Columbus that advocate for social justice issues in the city. All these factors have come together to create an environment where residents can engage with their elected officials and be engaged with the politics of their community.
The political climate in Zip 43206 (Columbus, OH) is strongly liberal.
Franklin County, OH is strongly liberal. In Franklin County, OH 64.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.7% to 33.4%.
Franklin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43206 (Columbus, OH) is strongly liberal.
Columbus, Ohio is strongly liberal.
Franklin County, Ohio is strongly liberal.
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.
Columbus, Ohio: d d D D D D
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 43206 (Columbus)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,174 contributions totaling $553,693 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 274 contributions totaling $132,821 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $485 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)