The city of Mount Vernon, Ohio, located in Knox County, is known for its strong sense of community and small-town charm. With a population of around 15,000 people, Mount Vernon has a unique set of local political leaders that are committed to making the city a better place to live. Many of these elected officials have been residents in the area for many years and deeply understand the issues affecting the citizens of this town. They strive to ensure that Mount Vernon’s infrastructure is properly maintained and that public services are available to all citizens. Local politicians focus on initiatives such as economic development, public safety, education reform, and environmental conservation. In addition, they have worked hard to create jobs through local businesses and attract new industry into the area. The goal is always to make Mount Vernon an even better place for everyone who lives there.
The political climate in Zip 43050 (Mount Vernon, OH) is strongly conservative.
Knox County, OH is very conservative. In Knox County, OH 27.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Knox county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.0% to 27.3%.
Knox county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43050 (Mount Vernon, OH) is strongly conservative.
Mount Vernon, Ohio is strongly conservative.
Knox County, Ohio is very conservative.
Mount Vernon 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.
Mount Vernon, 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 43050 (Mount Vernon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 662 contributions totaling $27,755 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 710 contributions totaling $8,748,029 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $12,321 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)