Boardman, Ohio 44512 is located in Mahoning County and its politics are largely influenced by the state of Ohio. The county is represented in Congress by Tim Ryan from the 13th district and Robert F. Hagan from the 58th district in the Ohio House of Representatives. At the local level, Boardman Township is governed by three elected trustees, a fiscal officer, and a township administrator. Issues that have been important to residents of the community include public safety, economic development, infrastructure improvements, and education. The Boardman Township Police Department provides law enforcement services to ensure public safety while also working with community members to improve relationships between police officers and citizens. To promote economic development, Boardman has sought to attract businesses and encourage more retail growth in the area. Infrastructure improvements have included road repairs as well as upgrades to sewer systems throughout the township. The Boardman Regional Park District provides recreational amenities for residents such as bike trails and playgrounds while also offering programs such as summer camps for children. Education is addressed through the support of two school districts – Boardman Local School District and Cardinal Schools – which serve students in pre-K through 12th grade within Boardman’s boundaries.
The political climate in Zip 44512 (Boardman, OH) is leaning conservative.
Mahoning County, OH is leaning conservative. In Mahoning County, OH 48.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mahoning county flipped narrowly Republican, 50.3% to 48.4%.
Mahoning county flipped Republican afer voting Democratic in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 44512 (Boardman, OH) is leaning conservative.
Boardman, Ohio is leaning conservative.
Mahoning County, Ohio is leaning conservative.
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Boardman, Ohio: D D D D d 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 44512 (Boardman)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 749 contributions totaling $203,659 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $272 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 300 contributions totaling $102,518 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $342 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)