Marietta, Ohio is located in Washington County and is home to approximately 14,085 people as of the 2019 census. It is governed by a Mayor-Council system with seven council members elected at large and a mayor elected independently. The city of Marietta also has numerous services and departments to provide for its citizens which are overseen by four executive directors. As an active member of their local community, Marietta residents strongly support their political candidates who understand the unique needs of their city and strive to make it better through progressive ideas and policies. Marietta regularly holds lively debates between each candidate in order to promote transparency and accountability within the political process. Additionally, local campaigning efforts have been increasing in recent years as residents become more involved in their communities.
The political climate in Zip 45750 (Marietta, OH) is strongly conservative.
Washington County, OH is very conservative. In Washington County, OH 28.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.5% to 28.8%.
Washington county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 45750 (Marietta, OH) is strongly conservative.
Marietta, Ohio is strongly conservative.
Washington County, Ohio is very conservative.
Marietta 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.
Marietta, 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 45750 (Marietta)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 675 contributions totaling $48,013 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 325 contributions totaling $223,172 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $687 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)