Bowling Green, Ohio is a small city located in Northwest Ohio. It is home to one of the nation's top public universities, Bowling Green State University. In addition to being a college town, Bowling Green also has a bustling downtown area with shops and restaurants that cater to both residents and visitors alike. The city has been an important political center in Ohio for many years. Local politics are greatly impacted by the university's influence, as well as the surrounding counties like Lucas County. The mayor of Bowling Green is Dick Edwards, a Democrat who was first elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2021. The City Council consists of seven members from each ward in the city who are elected every four years. The current council president is Mary Fannin, also a Democrat. There are several prominent local political organizations active in Bowling Green including the League of Women Voters, the Republican Liberty Coalition, and the Bowling Green Tea Party. These organizations often host events such as debates and forums on various issues impacting Bowling Green residents throughout each year.
The political climate in Bowling Green, OH is leaning liberal.
Wood County, OH is leaning conservative. In Wood County, OH 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wood county remained moderately Republican, 52.9% to 45.3%.
Wood county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bowling Green, OH is leaning liberal.
Wood County, Ohio is leaning conservative.
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.
Bowling Green, Ohio: r r 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 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 Bowling Green, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,820 contributions totaling $131,116 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 353 contributions totaling $120,944 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $343 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)