The politics in 45504 Springfield, OH is largely dominated by the Republican Party. Local elections are typically contested between Republican and Democratic candidates, with the Republicans often seen as favored to win. However, there have been some upsets over the years where a Democratic candidate has been elected into office. Political issues in the area often revolve around economic growth, public safety, and education. The city council works hard to ensure that all residents of 45504 Springfield are represented fairly. Residents of the city take pride in their political engagement and strive to make sure their voices are heard on local issues that affect them.
The political climate in Zip 45504 (Springfield, OH) is moderately conservative.
Clark County, OH is moderately conservative. In Clark County, OH 37.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clark county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 37.4%.
Clark county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 45504 (Springfield, OH) is moderately conservative.
Springfield, Ohio is moderately conservative.
Clark County, Ohio is moderately conservative.
Springfield Metro Area is moderately 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.
Springfield, Ohio: d 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 45504 (Springfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,002 contributions totaling $89,692 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 243 contributions totaling $67,151 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $276 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)