Ottawa Hills is a small village located in northwest Ohio near Toledo. It is home to approximately 4,000 people and is known for its charming residential streets and lush tree-lined neighborhoods. Politically, the village of Ottawa Hills operates under a mayor-council system with the mayor and six council members elected by the residents of Ottawa Hills to serve four year terms. The current Mayor is Mike Damaso, who was elected in 2019. The Village Council meets monthly to discuss issues related to the village such as budgets, zoning changes, public safety initiatives, and other matters that impact the quality of life in Ottawa Hills. Additionally, the village has an appointed Administrator responsible for day-to-day operations of the government as well as a Village Manager responsible for overseeing community development projects. In addition to these local officials, residents of Ottawa Hills also elect representatives at the state and federal levels who help represent their interests in government decisions and legislation affecting them.
The political climate in Ottawa Hills, OH is leaning liberal.
Lucas County, OH is moderately liberal. In Lucas County, OH 57.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lucas county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.4% to 40.7%.
Lucas county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ottawa Hills, OH is leaning liberal.
Lucas County, Ohio is moderately liberal.
Toledo Metro Area is leaning 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.
Ottawa Hills, 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 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 Ottawa Hills, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,130 contributions totaling $348,201 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 641 contributions totaling $402,691 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $628 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)