Toledo, Ohio located in 43604 is a vibrant city with a long history of politics. It has recently elected Wade Kapszukiewicz as its mayor, who was sworn into office in January 2018. The city council consists of twelve members; six from the Mayor's party and the other six from an opposition party. These representatives are responsible for making decisions that shape Toledo’s future, such as how to handle economic growth, addressing public safety issues, and providing services to citizens. In addition to those decisions, they also decide on local taxes and ordinances as well as review and approve resolutions proposed by the mayor. The 43604 community is highly engaged in local politics as it relates to these topics. They are involved in electing their representatives during elections every two years and ensuring that their voices are heard by attending meetings throughout the year.
The political climate in Zip 43604 (Toledo, OH) is moderately liberal.
Lucas County, OH is moderately liberal. In Lucas County, OH 57.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lucas county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.4% to 40.7%.
Lucas county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43604 (Toledo, OH) is moderately liberal.
Toledo, Ohio is moderately liberal.
Lucas County, Ohio is moderately liberal.
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.
Toledo, Ohio: D D D D D D
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 43604 (Toledo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 285 contributions totaling $25,986 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 78 contributions totaling $90,730 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)