Pataskala, OH (43062) is located in Licking County and is part of Ohio’s 15th congressional district. This district is represented by Republican Steve Stivers, who was first elected to Congress in 2010 and has been reelected four times since then. On the local level, Pataskala is governed by a city council that consists of seven members who are elected to serve for two years. In Pataskala, the current mayor is Mike Compton, who was elected in 2019 after defeating his opponent in a primary election. The city council works together with the mayor to set fiscal policies, make laws and create initiatives to improve the quality of life for its citizens. Overall, Pataskala takes an active role in politics and strives to ensure its citizens have their voices heard by those in office.
The political climate in Zip 43062 (Pataskala, OH) is strongly 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 43062 (Pataskala, OH) is strongly conservative.
Pataskala, Ohio is strongly 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.
Pataskala, 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 43062 (Pataskala)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 653 contributions totaling $48,616 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 213 contributions totaling $30,034 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)