The city of Zanesville, OH is located in Muskingum County and has a population of 25,487 according to the 2019 census estimates. It is home to a mayor-council form of government which is managed by Mayor Don Mason and the Zanesville City Council. The city council consists of seven members elected from individual wards throughout the city. This government is responsible for making decisions on local issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development projects, and other initiatives that benefit the citizens of Zanesville. Zanesville also has a variety of local political candidates who are vying for office in upcoming elections. Issues discussed by these candidates range from small business growth to environmental sustainability and beyond. These debates bring attention to the important matters facing this community and give residents an opportunity to have their voices heard.
The political climate in Zip 43701 (Zanesville, OH) is strongly conservative.
Muskingum County, OH is very conservative. In Muskingum County, OH 29.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Muskingum county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 29.6%.
Muskingum county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43701 (Zanesville, OH) is strongly conservative.
Zanesville, Ohio is strongly conservative.
Muskingum County, Ohio is very conservative.
Zanesville 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.
Zanesville, 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 43701 (Zanesville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 926 contributions totaling $36,390 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 676 contributions totaling $380,824 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $563 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)