The city of Toledo, Ohio is located in the 43605 zip code and has a vibrant political climate. The city is governed by an elected mayor and political representatives that serve in the local government to make decisions that affect the population and its citizens. Leaders in the community have worked together to create projects such as road improvement initiatives, new housing developments, and park upgrades. When it comes to politics in Toledo, there has been a focus on social issues such as education, health care, crime reduction, and economic growth. Local candidates running for positions within the government have been vocal about their stances on these topics to gain support from voters in order to win elections. Overall, the city of Toledo is driven by its politics and its citizens are actively involved with decisions made for them at a local level.
The political climate in Zip 43605 (Toledo, OH) is somewhat 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 43605 (Toledo, OH) is somewhat liberal.
Toledo, Ohio is somewhat 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 43605 (Toledo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 125 contributions totaling $5,691 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $11,822 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $348 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)