The politics of Newark, OH (43055) are shaped by the local government of Licking County. The county is governed by a nine-member Board of Commissioners, who are elected to staggered four-year terms. The Board sets policy for the county and is responsible for budgeting, setting taxes and ordinances, among other responsibilities. The City of Newark also has its own city council that consists of five members who are elected to represent their wards every two years. Their main duties include passing local laws, approving budgets and spending plans, appointing boards and commissions, and approving zoning changes. Elections in Newark are often hotly contested as there is always competition to get into office. Candidates make sure to reach out to voters on a variety of issues that affect life in the community such as public safety, economic development and quality of life initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 43055 (Newark, OH) is moderately conservative.
Licking County, OH is strongly conservative. In Licking County, OH 35.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Licking county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.0% to 35.0%.
Licking county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43055 (Newark, OH) is moderately conservative.
Newark, Ohio is moderately conservative.
Licking County, Ohio is strongly 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.
Newark, 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 43055 (Newark)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,531 contributions totaling $46,872 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 378 contributions totaling $74,977 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)