McDonald, OH is a small town located in Trumbull County with a population of just over 1,600 people according to the most recent census data. It is a tight-knit community that is governed by a mayor and city council. The current mayor of McDonald, OH is Brian Smith and the city council consists of six members who are elected every four years in November. All local political candidates must be residents of McDonald, OH to be eligible for election. The political landscape in McDonald, OH has remained relatively unchanged for many years, as the same individuals tend to run for office and serve multiple terms. There is strong local support for candidates running on a platform of fiscal responsibility and keeping taxes low within the community. Overall, McDonald has proven to be an excellent example of an effective small-town government that works hard to serve its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 44437 (McDonald, OH) is somewhat conservative.
Trumbull County, OH is somewhat conservative. In Trumbull County, OH 44.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Trumbull county remained strongly Republican, 54.6% to 44.0%.
Trumbull county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 44437 (McDonald, OH) is somewhat conservative.
McDonald, Ohio is somewhat conservative.
Trumbull County, Ohio is somewhat 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.
McDonald, 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 44437 (McDonald)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $411 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,017 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)