The 43235 area of Columbus, Ohio is a vibrant community with plenty of political activity. The residents of this area take their civic engagement seriously and are actively involved in local politics. They regularly attend city council meetings to have their voices heard on important matters concerning their community. Local elections draw high voter turnout, as people want to make sure their preferred candidates are elected to represent them on the local level. Additionally, many residents volunteer or work with organizations that advocate for causes they believe in, such as environmental protection and education reform. Their enthusiasm and dedication to making their city a better place makes it an inspiring place to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 43235 (Columbus, OH) is moderately liberal.
Franklin County, OH is strongly liberal. In Franklin County, OH 64.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 64.7% to 33.4%.
Franklin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43235 (Columbus, OH) is moderately liberal.
Columbus, Ohio is moderately liberal.
Franklin County, Ohio is strongly liberal.
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.
Columbus, Ohio: d d D D D D
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 43235 (Columbus)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,461 contributions totaling $432,133 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 736 contributions totaling $336,923 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $458 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)