The politics of the Youngstown, Ohio area, zip code 44511, are governed by local and state government. At the local level, elected officials include Mayor Jamael Tito Brown and Council President DeMaine Kitchen. Mayor Brown was elected in 2017 and is currently serving his second term in office. Council President Kitchen has served on City Council since 2015 and has been Council President since 2019. Both Mayor Brown and Council President Kitchen have been active in promoting economic development initiatives within the city limits, as well as advocating for social justice initiatives that promote a more equitable society across the region. Additionally, they have worked to ensure that local residents are engaged in their government by implementing town hall meetings and other avenues of civic engagement. In addition to these leaders, a variety of state level representatives serve constituents from 44511 Youngstown. These representatives work on behalf of the wider community to ensure that issues important to residents are addressed within Ohio's larger governmental system.
The political climate in Zip 44511 (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 44511 (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 44511 (Youngstown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 373 contributions totaling $17,675 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 101 contributions totaling $18,358 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)