The city of Columbus, OH is a diverse and vibrant area that is home to many different people from all walks of life. 43203 is the zip code for the Columbus area, located in Franklin County, which has a population of over 1 million residents. The capital city of Ohio is known for its strong political scene, with a variety of elected officials representing the area at both local and state levels. At the local level, voters in 43203 can choose their representatives from among various candidates running for City Council or Mayor. City Council members are elected every four years by popular vote while the mayor is selected by a majority of council members every two years. Residents living in 43203 have an opportunity to actively shape the future of their community through participation in local politics and elections.
The political climate in Zip 43203 (Columbus, OH) is strongly 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 43203 (Columbus, OH) is strongly liberal.
Columbus, Ohio is strongly 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 43203 (Columbus)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 754 contributions totaling $73,326 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $2,925 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)