The city of Akron, OH, situated in the 44306 zip code, is a major political hub of the state. While it has yet to produce any nationally recognized politicians, there are many local candidates running for various offices in the area. The Democratic and Republican Parties both have strong footholds here and each holds regular meetings and conventions within the city鈥檚 limits. Each party regularly works towards improving the lives of residents and creating better opportunities for growth in the community. Local elections are often hotly contested and voter turnout is high for issues that affect everyday life. Issues such as education, healthcare, taxation and job security are all important topics during election season here in Akron.
The political climate in Zip 44306 (Akron, OH) is somewhat liberal.
Summit County, OH is somewhat liberal. In Summit County, OH 53.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Summit county remained moderately Democratic, 53.9% to 44.4%.
Summit county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 44306 (Akron, OH) is somewhat liberal.
Akron, Ohio is somewhat liberal.
Summit County, Ohio is somewhat liberal.
Akron Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Akron, Ohio: D D D D d d
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 44306 (Akron)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48 contributions totaling $8,405 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $251,664 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $9,679 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)