The city of Struthers, OH is an integral part of the Mahoning Valley region. It is a small city with a population of 8,430 and is located in the northeastern corner of Ohio. The politics in Struthers are similar to those found in other communities throughout Ohio. The city is mostly governed by the mayor and the seven members of City Council. Together, they work to make decisions regarding various issues related to its citizens and local businesses. In addition to City Council, there are also several boards and commissions that work together to ensure the well-being of Struthers. These include: a Board of Zoning Appeals, Planning Commission, Board of Revision and Economic Development Commission. All these boards and commissions help bring local political issues into focus for residents and provide them with an opportunity to get involved in their community's political life.
The political climate in Zip 44471 (Struthers, 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 44471 (Struthers, OH) is leaning conservative.
Struthers, 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.
Struthers, 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 44471 (Struthers)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 70 contributions totaling $6,357 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $1,551 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)