The politics in 45318 Covington, OH are mainly centered around local government issues. The city is a part of Miami County and is represented by several state representatives, as well as a state senator. At the local level, Covington has its own mayor and city council for making decisions that affect the citizens of the area. Local elections are held periodically to decide who will be in charge of making these important decisions. These local officials take into account the needs of their constituents to make sure that Covington remains a great place to live, work, and raise a family.
The political climate in Zip 45318 (Covington, OH) is very conservative.
Miami County, OH is very conservative. In Miami County, OH 27.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Miami county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.2% to 27.0%.
Miami county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 45318 (Covington, OH) is very conservative.
Covington, Ohio is very conservative.
Miami County, Ohio is very conservative.
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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.
Covington, 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 45318 (Covington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 96 contributions totaling $6,412 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $5,286 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)