The city of Westerville, OH is located in the 43081 zip code and is a vibrant township that is part of Franklin County. The political scene in Westerville reflects the values of the community it serves. It has had a long tradition of strong representation from both major parties and the local politics often show it. The city is served by two members of the House of Representatives, Troy Balderson (R) and Joyce Beatty (D), who serve alongside Senator Rob Portman (R). Locally, Westerville has four wards with six council members representing each ward. Currently, all six council members are from different political parties and this helps to create a diverse set of opinions on key issues the city faces. In addition to this diversity, there are several initiatives going on in Westerville to increase civic engagement and encourage more political involvement from its residents. The city regularly hosts candidate forums and other events to help inform citizens about their local government and how they can get involved. All in all, Westerville's politics reflect its values as a community and provide its citizens with an opportunity to have their voices heard.
The political climate in Zip 43081 (Westerville, 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 43081 (Westerville, OH) is moderately liberal.
Westerville, 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.
Westerville, 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 43081 (Westerville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,561 contributions totaling $222,988 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 739 contributions totaling $220,081 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $298 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)