The city of Youngstown, OH, located in the 44514 zip code, is a vibrant and diverse community with a rich political history. The current mayor is Jamael Tito Brown who was elected in 2017 and is currently serving his second term. Currently, the City Council is made up of eight members who serve four-year terms representing various wards within the city. Additionally, the city is represented by three Ohio state senators in District 33. At the national level, Youngstown falls into Ohio's 6th congressional district which is represented by Congressman Bill Johnson. Politically, the majority of residents in Youngstown are registered as Democrats but there is an active Republican presence as well. In general elections, voter turnout tends to be higher than other parts of the state and country due to its strong political engagement among citizens.
The political climate in Zip 44514 (Youngstown, OH) is leaning conservative.
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 44514 (Youngstown, OH) is leaning conservative.
Youngstown, Ohio is leaning conservative.
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 44514 (Youngstown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,566 contributions totaling $117,879 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 288 contributions totaling $72,772 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $253 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)