The politics of 45354 Phillipsburg, OH are heavily influenced by local and state-wide issues. The small town is located in Mercer County and is part of the larger Ohio political landscape. Local leaders focus on improving education, fighting poverty, and supporting economic development initiatives. In general, the people of Phillipsburg are conservative in their views and support a range of right-leaning candidates. However, they have also been known to back some more progressive policies when they feel it is necessary. Residents pay close attention to the news and actively participate in local government activities related to important political topics. This helps them stay informed about their community’s needs and how best to work towards positive change.
The political climate in Zip 45354 (Phillipsburg, OH) is leaning conservative.
Montgomery County, OH is leaning liberal. In Montgomery County, OH 50.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.2% to 47.9%.
Montgomery county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 45354 (Phillipsburg, OH) is leaning conservative.
Phillipsburg, Ohio is leaning conservative.
Montgomery County, Ohio is leaning liberal.
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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.
Phillipsburg, Ohio: d d d d r d
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 45354 (Phillipsburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $650 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 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)