The politics of 43035 Lewis Center, OH are mainly focused on local issues. The city is served by the Olentangy Local School District and is part of Delaware County, Ohio. The city is also part of the 21st congressional district in the United States Congress which has recently been represented by Republican Troy Balderson. The city council has representatives from both sides of the political aisle and they typically focus on issues related to the budget, new development, infrastructure projects, and public safety. As such, there are no local candidates running for office in this area since it is a smaller population center. However, residents can take part in larger state and national elections to make their voices heard on important issues.
The political climate in Zip 43035 (Lewis Center, OH) is somewhat conservative.
Delaware County, OH is leaning conservative. In Delaware County, OH 45.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delaware county remained moderately Republican, 52.5% to 45.7%.
Delaware county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43035 (Lewis Center, OH) is somewhat conservative.
Lewis Center, Ohio is somewhat conservative.
Delaware County, Ohio is leaning conservative.
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.
Lewis Center, 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 43035 (Lewis Center)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,142 contributions totaling $88,793 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 253 contributions totaling $205,246 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $811 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)