Poland, Ohio is a village located in Mahoning County and it is an integral part of the larger Mahoning Valley Region. The village has seen rapid growth since its founding in 1866, with its population currently estimated at around 3,200 residents. When it comes to politics, Poland Village Council represents the people of Poland and makes decisions on behalf of the community. The Council meets regularly to discuss a variety of topics ranging from local ordinances to budget allocations. Additionally, Poland citizens are represented by their respective County Commissioner's and may also vote in federal and statewide elections. While the village does not have any specific representatives on a national level, local political candidates often have strong support among the residents and are frequently featured during election season.
The political climate in Poland, OH is leaning conservative.
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
Poland, OH is leaning conservative.
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.
Poland, 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 Poland, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,132 contributions totaling $235,758 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 576 contributions totaling $145,544 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $253 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)