In the city of Toledo, OH 43615, politics has had a long and storied past. The city is represented by Marcy Kaptur in the U.S. House of Representatives and Sherrod Brown in the U.S. Senate. Locally, Toledo is led by Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz, who was elected in 2017 and has continued to be a strong advocate for the city ever since. Toledo City Council consists of six members that are elected every four years from each of their respective districts across the city. The council works together to guide policy initiatives that improve the quality of life within its limits and beyond. Other local organizations also play an important role in advocating for citizens’ rights and wellbeing such as The League of Women Voters, which focuses on education about voting rights as well as registering citizens to vote. In short, politics in 43615 Toledo, OH plays a large role in shaping the future of this area by empowering citizens to actively engage with their governing body and make an impact on their community through voting or even running for office themselves.
The political climate in Zip 43615 (Toledo, OH) is somewhat 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
Zip 43615 (Toledo, OH) is somewhat liberal.
Toledo, Ohio is somewhat 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.
Toledo, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 43615 (Toledo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 866 contributions totaling $127,531 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $147 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 361 contributions totaling $276,037 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $765 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)