The city of Toledo, OH, which is located in zip code 43611, is a vibrant community with a long history of political involvement. The City of Toledo is governed by an elected mayor and nine at-large Council Members. The local government oversees services such as police protection, fire protection, water and sewer, public works, health and safety regulations, parks and recreation, and other important services that are essential to the daily functioning of the city. Recently there have been debates over budget cuts to departments including police and fire protection as well as persistent issues surrounding social justice reform. Locals have also voiced their concern about the lack of economic opportunities in the area and rising poverty levels. There have been no local political candidates announced for upcoming elections yet but it is expected that they will soon be revealed. With all these factors playing a role in the politics of 43611 Toledo OH, it promises to be an interesting year ahead for this community.
The political climate in Zip 43611 (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 43611 (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 43611 (Toledo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 158 contributions totaling $12,740 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $8,706 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $218 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)