The Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH Metro Area is a region that has experienced a variety of political developments. Known as the 'Rust Belt', this area has seen an increase in right-wing politics over the past few decades. Many local politicians have embraced more conservative stances on topics such as taxes, gun control, and economic policies. While Democrats still hold a majority in the area’s congressional districts, Republicans continue to make gains in local elections. This shift towards conservatism has been seen across the state of Ohio as well as other parts of the United States. Although there are no prominent national figures from this region currently running for office, many local candidates have voiced their opinions on current events to gain support from the voters here in the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman Metro Area.
The political climate in Youngstown-Warren-Boardman Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
In Youngstown-Warren-Boardman Metro Area 44.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman metro area remained strongly Republican, 54.3% to 44.3%.
The Youngstown-Warren-Boardman metro area voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previ.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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-Warren-Boardman, Ohio: D D D D 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Youngstown-Warren-Boardman Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11,992 contributions totaling $1,365,387 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,838 contributions totaling $1,587,632 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $414 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)