London, Ohio is a city located in Madison County and has a population of 8,657. It is governed by the Mayor, City Manager, and seven members of City Council. The current Mayor is Patrick J. Closser who serves for four years and was elected in 2015. The City Manager is Brian Humphress who is responsible for ensuring the efficient operation of all departments within the city government. Additionally, each member of City Council serves four year terms and are elected at-large from the entire city.
The current issues facing London are everything from infrastructure improvements to economic development and creating more job opportunities for its citizens. In addition, issues such as drug addiction, crime prevention, and improving public education have been discussed by local officials. Recently, there has been an effort to promote small businesses downtown while also making sure that it remains safe for pedestrians and drivers alike. All these efforts demonstrate how important politics is in 43140 London and how the city strives to make sure that every resident enjoys a high quality of life both now and in the future.
The political climate in Zip 43140 (London, OH) is very conservative.
Madison County, OH is very conservative. In Madison County, OH 28.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Madison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.6% to 28.7%.
Madison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43140 (London, OH) is very conservative.
London, Ohio is very conservative.
Madison County, Ohio is very 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.
London, 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 43140 (London)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 278 contributions totaling $12,940 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 126 contributions totaling $31,318 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $249 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)