The politics in 43522 Grand Rapids, OH are largely influenced by the local government. Grand Rapids is governed by a mayor-council system with a city council that consists of seven members elected at large. The mayor is elected to a four-year term and serves as the executive branch of the city government. The mayor has the authority to veto legislation passed by the council, and also has the authority to appoint department heads, boards, and commissions. In addition to these positions, there are several other important members of city government, including auditor, treasurer, law director, building commissioner and safety director. Each of these officials is appointed by the mayor for a four-year term. Residents of 43522 Grand Rapids have many opportunities to become involved in local politics through attending City Council meetings or running for office themselves.
The political climate in Zip 43522 (Grand Rapids, OH) is somewhat conservative.
Wood County, OH is leaning conservative. In Wood County, OH 45.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wood county remained moderately Republican, 52.9% to 45.3%.
Wood county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43522 (Grand Rapids, OH) is somewhat conservative.
Grand Rapids, Ohio is somewhat conservative.
Wood County, Ohio is leaning conservative.
Toledo 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.
Grand Rapids, Ohio: r r 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 43522 (Grand Rapids)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39 contributions totaling $4,659 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $120 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)