The politics of Toledo, OH (zip code 43608) are reflective of the state and national trends. The city is represented by Marcy Kaptur in the US House of Representatives, Sherrod Brown in the US Senate, and Mike DeWine as Governor of Ohio. In terms of local government, Toledo has a mayor-council form of government with Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz serving since 2018. The Toledo City Council consists of 12 members who are elected to serve four-year terms. The council holds legislative authority over the city including setting budget priorities and passing laws that affect the citizens of Toledo. With its diverse population and variety of political views, Toledo remains an important player in Ohio politics.
The political climate in Zip 43608 (Toledo, OH) is moderately liberal.
Lucas County, OH is moderately liberal. In Lucas County, OH 57.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lucas county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.4% to 40.7%.
Lucas county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 43608 (Toledo, OH) is moderately liberal.
Toledo, Ohio is moderately liberal.
Lucas County, Ohio is moderately liberal.
Toledo 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.
Toledo, 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 43608 (Toledo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $2,030 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $400 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)