The politics in 45404 Dayton, OH can be seen through the lens of the local government. The City of Dayton is governed by a mayor-council system with the Mayor as the Chief Executive Officer and nine members of the City Council representing geographic wards across the city. Each ward is represented by two elected council members and one appointed vice-mayor. The current mayor is Nan Whaley and recent political issues have included increasing access to affordable housing, elevating racial equity, and creating sustainable economic development opportunities in the city. Residents also take part in elections for federal representatives to represent them in Congress as well as issues affecting county government and school boards. Through these efforts, Dayton strives to ensure all residents are able to participate in a democracy that works for everyone.
The political climate in Zip 45404 (Dayton, OH) is leaning liberal.
Montgomery County, OH is leaning liberal. In Montgomery County, OH 50.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montgomery county flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.2% to 47.9%.
Montgomery county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 45404 (Dayton, OH) is leaning liberal.
Dayton, Ohio is leaning liberal.
Montgomery County, Ohio is leaning liberal.
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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.
Dayton, Ohio: d d d d r 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 45404 (Dayton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $4,127 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $4,916 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)