Ashtabula, OH is a small city located in the northeastern part of Ohio. It is home to around 19,000 people and is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor, Jackie Ickes, was elected in 2017 and has served two terms in office. The city council consists of seven elected members who are responsible for passing legislation that affects the citizens of Ashtabula. Political issues impacting Ashtabula include economic development, public safety, infrastructure improvements and environmental protection. Recent initiatives have included incentives to promote job growth in the area as well as increased investment in public transportation systems. The local community continues to be an active participant in political affairs with several organizations providing resources and help to those looking to get involved.
The political climate in Zip 44004 (Ashtabula, OH) is moderately conservative.
Ashtabula County, OH is moderately conservative. In Ashtabula County, OH 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ashtabula county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.8% to 37.3%.
Ashtabula county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 44004 (Ashtabula, OH) is moderately conservative.
Ashtabula, Ohio is moderately conservative.
Ashtabula County, Ohio is moderately conservative.
Ashtabula Metro Area is moderately 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.
Ashtabula, 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 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 44004 (Ashtabula)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 715 contributions totaling $32,745 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 167 contributions totaling $99,647 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $597 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)