Austintown, Ohio is a small town located north of Youngstown in Mahoning County. The local politics in the area are driven by the Austintown Township Trustees, who oversee the day-to-day operations of the township. The trustees are responsible for maintaining infrastructure such as roads and sewers, and they also develop policies to ensure the safety and wellbeing of residents. The trustees work with local organizations and individuals to provide services that improve quality of life for all citizens. Additionally, they coordinate with other local governmental bodies on issues such as economic development. Austintown is fairly diverse politically; while there are no major political candidates from the area running for office, public discourse still frequently centers around municipal issues like taxes and public safety.
The political climate in Austintown, 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
Austintown, 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.
Austintown, 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 Austintown, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,760 contributions totaling $285,772 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 638 contributions totaling $205,171 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $322 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)