Youngstown, Ohio is located in the 44504 zip code and has a rich history of political activity. The city has long been known for its strong industrial base and progressive working-class values, which have helped shape the local politics for many years. In recent years, Youngstown's political landscape has seen a variety of changes as the city works to address issues like poverty and crime. As such, there are many local politicians who represent the area at both county and state levels. These include state representatives Michael O'Brien and Michele Lepore-Hagan, state senators Sean O'Brien and Joe Schiavoni, as well as countless other elected officials who work to ensure that the citizens of Youngstown have their voices heard in government.
The political climate in Zip 44504 (Youngstown, OH) is leaning liberal.
Mahoning County, OH is leaning conservative. In Mahoning County, OH 48.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mahoning county flipped narrowly Republican, 50.3% to 48.4%.
Mahoning county flipped Republican afer voting Democratic in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 44504 (Youngstown, OH) is leaning liberal.
Youngstown, Ohio is leaning liberal.
Mahoning County, Ohio is leaning conservative.
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Youngstown, Ohio: D D D D d 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 44504 (Youngstown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 147 contributions totaling $29,326 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $90,091 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,477 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)