The city of 44839 Huron, OH is a part of the larger Erie County. The county is governed by an elected three-member Board of County Commissioners who are responsible for developing and implementing county-wide policy goals. This board is aided by a number of department heads, each with their own areas of responsibility. Huron has its own Mayor and City Council to handle local matters, such as public safety, zoning, municipal services and infrastructure maintenance. Other elected officials include the State Representatives who represent the region in the Ohio House of Representatives as well as the US Senators who represent the state in Washington DC. All these officials work together to ensure that 44839 Huron, OH remains a safe and prosperous community that meets the needs of its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 44839 (Huron, OH) is somewhat conservative.
Erie County, OH is somewhat conservative. In Erie County, OH 43.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Erie county remained strongly Republican, 54.8% to 43.3%.
Erie county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 44839 (Huron, OH) is somewhat conservative.
Huron, Ohio is somewhat conservative.
Erie County, Ohio is somewhat conservative.
Sandusky 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.
Huron, Ohio: d d 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 44839 (Huron)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 513 contributions totaling $49,535 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 259 contributions totaling $46,713 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)