Martins Ferry, OH is a small town located in Belmont County. It has a long history of civic involvement and political engagement with the community. One example of this is their active participation in local elections, such as voting for the mayor and city council members. Every year candidates run for office to represent the citizens of Martins Ferry and decide on important matters that affect the community. There are also many organizations and community groups that help to promote voter registration and civic engagement, like encouraging people to get out and vote in local elections. Overall, Martins Ferry has a strong sense of political involvement with its citizens actively participating in local politics to support their community.
The political climate in Zip 43935 (Martins Ferry, OH) is strongly conservative.
Belmont County, OH is very conservative. In Belmont County, OH 27.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Belmont county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 27.6%.
Belmont county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43935 (Martins Ferry, OH) is strongly conservative.
Martins Ferry, Ohio is strongly conservative.
Belmont County, Ohio is very conservative.
Wheeling 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.
Martins Ferry, Ohio: D d d 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 43935 (Martins Ferry)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 149 contributions totaling $5,999 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $4,515 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)