Russia, Ohio is a small village in Shelby County located in the state of Ohio. It has a population estimated to be around 588 people. Although Russia is a small town, politics are still an important topic of discussion for the citizens. Local political candidates running for office take great care to visit the 45363 zip code and engage with the local residents. Candidates from both parties can be seen at the local gatherings, such as church suppers, farmer markets or festivals. They come to discuss their views on various issues, such as taxes and job growth. Local citizens take great pleasure in learning about their candidates and weigh each person's views before making an informed decision when election day arrives.
The political climate in Zip 45363 (Russia, OH) is very conservative.
Shelby County, OH is very conservative. In Shelby County, OH 17.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Shelby county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.7% to 17.7%.
Shelby county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 45363 (Russia, OH) is very conservative.
Russia, Ohio is very conservative.
Shelby County, Ohio is very conservative.
Sidney 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.
Russia, 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 45363 (Russia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $8,966 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $289 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $4,250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $531 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)