The city of Mount Gilead, Ohio (zip code 43338) is located in Morrow County and has a population of 3,424 according to the 2020 US Census. The city is represented by Republican State Representative Candidate Adam Holmes and Democratic State Representative Candidate James M. Smith in the Ohio House of Representatives. Local government services are provided by the Mount Gilead Village Council, which consists of seven members elected at large from within the village to serve four-year terms. The current mayor is Brienne DeDecker, who was elected in 2019 and serves a four year term as well. Mount Gilead has many opportunities available for citizens to get involved with local politics. Residents can take part in elections, attend city council meetings, or volunteer on campaigns to help shape the future of their community.
The political climate in Zip 43338 (Mount Gilead, OH) is very conservative.
Morrow County, OH is very conservative. In Morrow County, OH 21.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morrow county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.2% to 21.9%.
Morrow county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43338 (Mount Gilead, OH) is very conservative.
Mount Gilead, Ohio is very conservative.
Morrow 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.
Mount Gilead, 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 43338 (Mount Gilead)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 127 contributions totaling $6,168 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 106 contributions totaling $19,589 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)