Politics in Union Furnace, OH 43158 are mainly centered around local issues and campaigns. The village of Union Furnace has a mayor-council form of government, in which the mayor is elected to a four-year term. Currently, the mayor is Joe Smith. Along with the Mayor, the Village Council is made up of 6 elected individuals who are responsible for setting and overseeing local issues and policies. Local elections offer citizens the chance to make their voices heard on important issues such as infrastructure, public safety, economic development, environmental protection and social services. Each election cycle brings new candidates with fresh ideas and new perspectives on how to best serve the community. Additionally, Union Furnace often votes on state and national propositions that can have an impact on local residents.
The political climate in Zip 43158 (Union Furnace, OH) is very conservative.
Hocking County, OH is very conservative. In Hocking County, OH 28.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hocking county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.3% to 28.0%.
Hocking county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43158 (Union Furnace, OH) is very conservative.
Union Furnace, Ohio is very conservative.
Hocking County, Ohio is very conservative.
Columbus Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Union Furnace, 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 43158 (Union Furnace)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 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)