The politics of Akron, OH (zip code 44312) are significantly impacted by its local government. Akron is a major city in the state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County. The mayor of Akron is Dan Horrigan, who was elected in 2017 and took office in 2018. The city council consists of nine members who represent each ward. Each member is elected for a two-year term. Additionally, there are several other governing bodies within the city that influence local policy including a state representative and senator, both from Ohio's 35th district; and U.S representatives from both the 16th and 13th districts. Members from all levels of government take part in shaping policies that impact the lives of Akron citizens on issues such as education, infrastructure, health care, economic development, public safety, transportation, agriculture, and housing.
The political climate in Zip 44312 (Akron, OH) is leaning liberal.
Summit County, OH is somewhat liberal. In Summit County, OH 53.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Summit county remained moderately Democratic, 53.9% to 44.4%.
Summit county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 44312 (Akron, OH) is leaning liberal.
Akron, Ohio is leaning liberal.
Summit County, Ohio is somewhat liberal.
Akron 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.
Akron, 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 44312 (Akron)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 345 contributions totaling $29,867 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 194 contributions totaling $143,863 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $742 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)