The politics in 44509 Youngstown, OH are centered around the Democratic Party. The city has a long history of electing Democrats to various offices, such as the mayor and council positions. In 2019, Youngstown Mayor Jamael Tito Brown was elected for a second term with a large majority of the vote. The Youngstown City Council is composed of seven members from five wards who are all Democrats. Youngstown also has two state representatives who are both Democrats. While national and statewide issues can play a role in local politics, these issues generally take a backseat to debates about local issues like taxes and economic development. Politics in 44509 Youngstown, OH largely revolve around Democratic politicians and policies that aim to benefit the city's residents.
The political climate in Zip 44509 (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 44509 (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 44509 (Youngstown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 465 contributions totaling $21,386 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $1,265 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)