Lynchburg, Ohio is a small town located in the northern part of Highland County. It has a population of around 900 people and is known for its quaint rural charm. The town's political landscape largely consists of local candidates from both the Republican and Democratic parties. Local candidates typically run on issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, and education reform. In the 2020 election, Lynchburg residents will have the opportunity to decide between two Republican candidates – State Representative Mike Henne and former mayor Jeff Miller – for their representative on the Ohio House of Representatives. Both candidates are committed to improving the quality of life in Lynchburg by focusing on job creation and encouraging investment in local businesses. Additionally, they have pledged to address issues such as health care access and preserving agricultural land in order to maintain Lynchburg’s rural identity. With a lot at stake this election season, it’s important that Lynchburg residents make their voices heard by participating in this year’s election process.
The political climate in Zip 45142 (Lynchburg, OH) is very conservative.
Highland County, OH is very conservative. In Highland County, OH 19.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Highland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.7% to 19.3%.
Highland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 45142 (Lynchburg, OH) is very conservative.
Lynchburg, Ohio is very conservative.
Highland 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.
Lynchburg, 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 45142 (Lynchburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $175 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $3,705 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)