Niles, Ohio is a small town located in Mahoning County with a population of approximately 20,000 people. The city has an active political climate with local politicians working to improve the community. The current mayor of Niles is Steve Mientkiewicz, who was reelected in 2019. The Niles City Council consists of seven members elected by residents and serves as the legislative body for the city. Currently, there are two council members representing wards 1 and 2, three members representing Wards 3-5, and two at-large council members. These representatives work together to promote transparency in government and ensure that all residents have access to important resources. Additionally, they are responsible for passing ordinances that impact the local economy and quality of life for citizens.
The political climate in Niles, OH is leaning conservative.
Trumbull County, OH is somewhat conservative. In Trumbull County, OH 44.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Trumbull county remained strongly Republican, 54.6% to 44.0%.
Trumbull county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Niles, OH is leaning conservative.
Trumbull County, Ohio is somewhat 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.
Niles, 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 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 Niles, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,246 contributions totaling $192,475 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $154 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 437 contributions totaling $269,308 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $616 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)