The town of 45854 Lafayette, OH is a small rural community with a population of around 2,700 people. Residents take part in local politics by voting for their elected officials and showing up to local town hall meetings. The current mayor of Lafayette is Bob Smith, who was elected in 2019. He works closely with the city council to ensure that the needs of the citizens are met. The city council is made up of five members who are elected at-large from the entire district every two years. They work together to set agendas and pass laws that benefit all citizens of the community. In addition, the mayor works closely with state representatives to ensure that any legislation passed in Columbus takes into account the needs of 45854 Lafayette.
The political climate in Zip 45854 (Lafayette, OH) is very conservative.
Allen County, OH is very conservative. In Allen County, OH 29.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allen county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.8% to 29.4%.
Allen county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 45854 (Lafayette, OH) is very conservative.
Lafayette, Ohio is very conservative.
Allen County, Ohio is very conservative.
Lima Metro Area is very 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.
Lafayette, 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 45854 (Lafayette)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 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)