Youngstown, Ohio is located in Mahoning County and is home to a variety of political views. The residents of Youngstown have historically been known for their passionate involvement in local politics. In recent years, the city has seen an influx of new politicians, all vying for the support of the people. Candidates from both major parties have been eager to make their case and highlight the issues they believe are important to the residents of Youngstown. From taxes and education to employment and infrastructure, there are a host of issues that the candidates seek to address. These concerns are largely shared among voters in Youngstown, regardless of party affiliation, making it a highly engaged and competitive political environment.
The political climate in Youngstown, OH is somewhat liberal.
Mahoning County, OH is leaning conservative. In Mahoning County, OH 48.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mahoning county flipped narrowly Republican, 50.3% to 48.4%.
Mahoning county flipped Republican afer voting Democratic in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Youngstown, OH is somewhat liberal.
Mahoning County, Ohio is leaning conservative.
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Youngstown, Ohio: D D D D d 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 Youngstown, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,548 contributions totaling $603,993 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,121 contributions totaling $400,587 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $357 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)