The politics in the 45217 St. Bernard, OH area are largely focused on local issues such as public safety, education, and infrastructure. The city is represented in the Ohio House of Representatives by Jeffery Rezabek (R) and in the Ohio Senate by Bill Coley (R). Local elections typically focus on important topics such as taxes, crime prevention, public transportation, health care funding, and neighborhood revitalization. Additionally, the 45217 St. Bernard area has had a long history of activism and representation from citizens who support causes ranging from environmental reform to immigration reform. Through various initiatives at the local level, citizens can make their voices heard and have influence over important decisions that affect their community.
The political climate in Zip 45217 (St. Bernard, OH) is somewhat liberal.
Hamilton County, OH is somewhat liberal. In Hamilton County, OH 57.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hamilton county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.1% to 41.3%.
Hamilton county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 45217 (St. Bernard, OH) is somewhat liberal.
St. Bernard, Ohio is somewhat liberal.
Hamilton County, Ohio is somewhat liberal.
Cincinnati Metro Area is somewhat 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.
St. Bernard, Ohio: R r d d D 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 45217 (St. Bernard)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 116 contributions totaling $8,422 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $4,566 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)