43144 Murray City, OH is a small town located in Hocking County with a population of just over 800 people. Although the population is quite small, the residents of Murray City take their local politics very seriously. There are numerous activities throughout the year to engage in civic participation, from attending city council meetings to volunteering on campaigns and helping local candidates get elected. During election season, local candidates come out in force to rally support from the community and compete for votes. They host town hall meetings and participate in debates to demonstrate why they would make the best candidate for office. All of this goes a long way towards creating an engaged and informed electorate that takes its civic duties seriously.
The political climate in Zip 43144 (Murray City, OH) is very conservative.
Hocking County, OH is very conservative. In Hocking County, OH 28.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hocking county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.3% to 28.0%.
Hocking county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43144 (Murray City, OH) is very conservative.
Murray City, Ohio is very conservative.
Hocking 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.
Murray City, 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 43144 (Murray City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)