Portland, OH is a small city located in the northwestern part of the state near Lake Erie. The city has been around since 1803 and has a long history of being an important port town. Portland's current mayor is John Coughlin, who was first elected in 2019. Portland residents have voted for John Coughlin twice, showing their overall satisfaction with his leadership. He works closely with the City Council to ensure that all voices are heard when making decisions and works hard to keep taxes low while investing in infrastructure projects that benefit everyone. Additionally, he actively engages with local businesses and organizations to promote economic growth and sustainability within the city.
The political climate in Zip 45770 (Portland, OH) is very conservative.
Meigs County, OH is very conservative. In Meigs County, OH 22.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Meigs county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.8% to 22.7%.
Meigs county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 45770 (Portland, OH) is very conservative.
Portland, Ohio is very conservative.
Meigs County, Ohio is very conservative.
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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.
Portland, Ohio: R R R R 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 45770 (Portland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $1,056 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $650 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)