The politics of 43845 West Lafayette, OH are largely shaped by the local government, which consists of a mayor and six city council members elected to two-year terms. The current mayor is Bill Koehler and the city council consists of three Democrats and three Republicans. Politically, the city tends to lean Republican, with almost two-thirds of the town voting for Republican candidates in both state and federal elections. The local government focuses on providing services that benefit residents such as maintaining parks, improving infrastructure, sponsoring community events, and providing public safety. Additionally, they work to create a business-friendly environment by offering economic incentives and tax breaks to attract businesses to the area. As a result of their efforts, 43845 West Lafayette has seen considerable economic growth over the past few years.
The political climate in Zip 43845 (West Lafayette, OH) is very conservative.
Coshocton County, OH is very conservative. In Coshocton County, OH 24.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Coshocton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.5% to 24.6%.
Coshocton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43845 (West Lafayette, OH) is very conservative.
West Lafayette, Ohio is very conservative.
Coshocton County, Ohio is very conservative.
Coshocton 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.
West Lafayette, 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 43845 (West Lafayette)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $5,370 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $224 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $2,906 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)