The small village of Rayland, Ohio (43943) is tucked away in the rolling hills of Jefferson County. While the area is largely rural, many residents actively participate in local politics and keep a close eye on their elected representatives. Many of the issues that are important to Rayland locals revolve around keeping taxes low, preserving the natural landscape, and ensuring public safety. As elections approach, local political candidates make their rounds throughout the community, visiting with residents and attending events in an effort to gain their support. The people of Rayland take great pride in their town and enthusiastically engage with their political representatives to ensure that it is well-cared for and continues to be a place where all can thrive.
The political climate in Zip 43943 (Rayland, OH) is strongly conservative.
Jefferson County, OH is very conservative. In Jefferson County, OH 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.3% to 30.0%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43943 (Rayland, OH) is strongly conservative.
Rayland, Ohio is strongly conservative.
Jefferson County, Ohio is very conservative.
Weirton-Steubenville 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.
Rayland, Ohio: d d d 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 43943 (Rayland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $1,909 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)