Youngstown, OH, located in 44506, is a city with a long and interesting political history. It was once an industrial powerhouse, but since the decline of the steel industry in the 1960s and 1970s, it has become a hub for political activity. The city is currently represented by U.S. Representative Tim Ryan in Congress and Ohio Senator Michael J. Skindell in the state legislature. In addition to these two representatives, Youngstown has numerous local political candidates running for office at both the state and local level. These include state representatives Michele Lepore-Hagan and John Patterson; county commissioners Carol Rimedio-Righetti and Anthony Traficanti; mayor Jamaal Smith; council members Anita Davis and Mike Ray; school board members Susan Maruca and Tammy Mancini; police chief Robin Lees; fire chief Barry Finley; county recorder Joe Natoli; treasurer Jayne Ferreri; auditor Dave Loomis; clerk of courts Robert Bush Jr.; county prosecutor Paul Gains; and many more elected officials serving on various boards throughout Mahoning County. All of these individuals bring different perspectives to their respective offices that help shape policy decisions within their districts or communities.
The political climate in Zip 44506 (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 44506 (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 44506 (Youngstown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)