The city of Westerville, Ohio is located in Franklin County and has a population of approximately 39,000 people. It is considered to be a suburban area that has seen considerable growth since its founding in the early 19th century. The political landscape of Westerville is generally represented by the Democratic Party at the local level, with Democrats holding most of the seats on the City Council. In recent years, a few independent candidates have also been successful in elections for local offices. At the state level, Westerville is represented by members of both major parties in the Ohio House and Senate. Issues such as education funding, public safety and transportation have been hot topics locally during recent election cycles. Westerville residents remain active politically and make sure their voices are heard when it comes to choosing their representatives at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 43082 (Westerville, OH) is somewhat conservative.
Delaware County, OH is leaning conservative. In Delaware County, OH 45.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Delaware county remained moderately Republican, 52.5% to 45.7%.
Delaware county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43082 (Westerville, OH) is somewhat conservative.
Westerville, Ohio is somewhat conservative.
Delaware County, Ohio is leaning 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.
Westerville, 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 43082 (Westerville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,778 contributions totaling $209,517 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 908 contributions totaling $531,095 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $585 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)