Dayton, Ohio is located in Montgomery County and is home to approximately 140,000 people. The city is served by a full-time mayor and a nine-member city council. Politics in Dayton are quite diverse with a variety of candidates running for office each election cycle. In the past few years, there have been numerous candidates from both political parties vying for positions ranging from mayor to state representative. Issues such as economic development, crime reduction, public transportation infrastructure, and education reform are at the forefront of many debates during elections. There is an active dialogue between residents about key issues that impact their lives every day. Additionally, local politicians strive to ensure all voices are heard and that no matter what your political views may be you have the opportunity to make your voice heard in the Dayton political arena.
The political climate in Zip 45414 (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 45414 (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 45414 (Dayton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 893 contributions totaling $71,803 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 249 contributions totaling $1,216,917 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $4,887 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)