The city of Barberton, OH (zip code 44203) is a small town located in Summit County. The city's mayor is William Judge and the council members are Jennifer Clark, Jeff Epley, Tom Gribble, David Kline, Charles Schilling, and Richard Segedi. This local government works hard to maintain the safety and quality of life for all its citizens. They have implemented targeted initiatives to address poverty levels, improve housing conditions, and promote economic development in the community. Along with these efforts, they strive to create an open dialogue between local residents and their elected representatives. Through this communication, citizens can voice their concerns and opinions about how their government should be run. With regular meetings and active listening from both sides of the aisle, Barberton has been able to stay a safe and productive city for all who live there.
The political climate in Zip 44203 (Barberton, 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 44203 (Barberton, OH) is leaning liberal.
Barberton, 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.
Barberton, 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 44203 (Barberton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 646 contributions totaling $42,646 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 121 contributions totaling $18,842 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)