Johnstown, OH has a proud political history of representing its citizens in government. Locally, the mayor and city council members are voted on by the people to represent them in their day to day governing decisions. The mayor and city council form the legislative branch of the government, with the mayor being the head of executive branch for Johnstown. These local politicians have been serving residents for many years and continue to do so in order to ensure that Johnstown is represented properly on all levels. The community remains actively involved in local politics, attending public meetings hosted by the City Council and engaging with their elected officials in order to keep them informed on issues important to their constituents.
The political climate in Johnstown, OH is moderately conservative.
Licking County, OH is strongly conservative. In Licking County, OH 35.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Licking county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.0% to 35.0%.
Licking county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Johnstown, OH is moderately conservative.
Licking County, Ohio is strongly 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.
Johnstown, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Johnstown, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 192 contributions totaling $11,477 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 85 contributions totaling $20,334 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $239 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)