Trotwood, OH is a small city in Montgomery County with a population of around 24,000 people. It has a mayor-council form of government that consists of seven council members and a mayor who serve staggered terms. The city council meets twice monthly to make decisions on public policy issues such as the budget, zoning changes, parks and recreation developments, and other important matters. The mayor is also responsible for appointing all department heads within the city government. In addition to the local governmental agencies, Trotwood residents also have access to state representation through their elected state legislators. Through their state legislators, residents can voice their opinion or concerns about issues impacting their community on both the local and national level.
The political climate in Trotwood, OH is somewhat liberal.
Montgomery County, OH is leaning liberal. In Montgomery County, OH 50.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.2% to 47.9%.
Montgomery county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Trotwood, OH is somewhat liberal.
Montgomery County, Ohio 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.
Trotwood, Ohio: d d d d r 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 Trotwood, OH
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,584 contributions totaling $165,046 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 325 contributions totaling $34,202 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)