Marion, OH is a small city located in Marion County. Politically speaking, the city of Marion is predominately Democratic and votes consistently for their local Democratic candidates in presidential and congressional elections. The city has seen some Republican representation from time to time, but recently most of the elected officials have been Democrats. The mayor of Marion is currently Justin Luebke and he has been elected on the Democratic ticket for two consecutive terms since 2013. Other local positions are held by various members of the Democratic party including City Council President Jon Shaffer and Ward 1 Council Member Jessica Dillard-Grizzard. Marion County also has a few representatives in Ohio's state government, all of whom are Democrats. As a whole, Marion remains very loyal to its traditional Democratic values and does not often deviate from them when electing its officials.
The political climate in Zip 43302 (Marion, OH) is strongly conservative.
Marion County, OH is very conservative. In Marion County, OH 29.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.3% to 29.7%.
Marion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43302 (Marion, OH) is strongly conservative.
Marion, Ohio is strongly conservative.
Marion County, Ohio is very conservative.
Marion 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.
Marion, 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 43302 (Marion)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 314 contributions totaling $34,197 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 316 contributions totaling $44,663 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)