Germantown, Ohio is a small rural town in the southern part of the state with a population of approximately 3,764 people. It is served by the Waynesville Local school district and governed by the local city council. The current mayor is David Keim and the other four members of the city council are John Charles, Tina Bowers, Bill Smith, and Jamie Martindale. The city council meets monthly to discuss issues important to Germantown such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, and budget allocation. Additionally, they review applications for zoning changes that affect business owners or property owners in the city. In 2019, representatives from several local organizations met with members of Germantown's City Council to discuss plans for promoting economic growth in the area over the next few years. These efforts have already seen some successes with new businesses opening up around town and local residents taking advantage of increased job opportunities. The City Council strives to keep residents informed on all issues concerning their community by hosting regular public forums and providing an online information center that provides up-to-date information about events happening within Germantown.
The political climate in Zip 45327 (Germantown, OH) is leaning conservative.
Montgomery County, OH is leaning liberal. In Montgomery County, OH 50.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.2% to 47.9%.
Montgomery county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 45327 (Germantown, OH) is leaning conservative.
Germantown, Ohio is leaning conservative.
Montgomery County, Ohio is leaning liberal.
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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.
Germantown, Ohio: d d d d r 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 45327 (Germantown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 600 contributions totaling $33,551 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 49 contributions totaling $8,885 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)