Rome, OH is a small city in Ohio with a population of around 6,800. It is part of Ashtabula County and is governed by a Mayor and City Council. Recently, the mayor of Rome has been Mike Burke, who was elected in 2018. However, there are several candidates for mayor in the upcoming election this year, including Robert Barone and Louis Wargo. The city council consists of seven members from five wards that represent different parts of Rome. The current council members are Michael Azzarello, Kelly Cofojohn, Tom Cossick, Jeff Koehler, Jim Moniger, Bill Trapp II and Dan Williams. All of these politicians lead the city government to ensure the needs and rights of its citizens are represented.
The political climate in Zip 44085 (Rome, OH) is strongly conservative.
Ashtabula County, OH is moderately conservative. In Ashtabula County, OH 37.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ashtabula county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.8% to 37.3%.
Ashtabula county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 44085 (Rome, OH) is strongly conservative.
Rome, Ohio is strongly conservative.
Ashtabula County, Ohio is moderately conservative.
Ashtabula Metro Area is moderately 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.
Rome, 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 44085 (Rome)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 41 contributions totaling $757 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $70 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)