So much for people being taxed out of their homes.

With so much of the political rhetoric locally and across the state of Ohio focused on property taxes since 2023 — and spiking with a grassroots attempt to collect enough signatures to get a ban on them onto the ballot next year — the success of levies and renewals was something to behold Tuesday night.

As election results poured in from the Mahoning Valley, they seemed to suggest that Valley residents might not really think they’re taxed enough already. With only one exception, voters in Mahoning County and Trumbull County passed every such issue on their ballots.

Even the 2.2-mill Austintown Township police levy — rejected by voters there as recently as May’s primary election — passed by a 51.7%-48.3% margin in Tuesday’s general election. It wasn’t an overwhelming victory, but as they say in the sports realm, they don’t ask “how” … just “how many.”

The difference was that township officials changed their approach after the defeat of a continuous levy in May, opting this time for a five-year renewal.

Similarly, voters in Cortland — which had a policy levy fail in 2024 — this time passed a 1.5-mill police levy. Voters approved it by a margin of 59%-41%.

Voters in Warren approved the continuous renewal of a 0.5% income tax by about a 2-1 margin.

The only levy that failed in the two counties was a 5.9-mill continuous renewal of a levy for the Boardman schools. And that failed, unofficially, by just 101 votes. Another Boardman schools renewal did pass, but the margin was close — fewer than 100 votes.

In addition to the police levy, voters approved an Austintown schools renewal levy.

Mahoning County as a whole overwhelmingly passed two renewal levies — one for senior citizens services and one for the board of developmental disabilities. Trumbull County voters passed a children services renewal levy by a wide margin.

Are you seeing a pattern yet? Look across Ohio. It’s there, too.

Scott Gerfen, deputy director of communication services and member relations for the Ohio School Boards Association, reports that voters overwhelmingly approved renewals across the state — with 55 of 60 such measures approved for a 91.7% success rate.

An OSBA press release even indicates that Ohio voters also seemed more inclined to approve of giving school districts more “new money” than in recent elections. In 2024, just 25% of new school levies passed in Ohio. This time, 33% were approved.

In all, voters approved 15 of 45 new levies, four of seven substitute levies (57%) and three of nine bond issues (33%). In total, 74 of 114 (65%) of school-related issues statewide were approved.

Does that sound like Ohio voters are still wringing their hands over property tax increases from the 2023 revaluations or even more expected next year?

It could be that a further breakdown of the vote is warranted, if only to see how many current homeowners were actually on board with the overall trend toward the approval of funds for schools and community services.

For now, it has to be encouraging for those in state, county and local government to see that many Ohioans seem to realize that arbitrarily shutting off money for education, roads and safety services isn’t a realistic way to deal with the increasing burden of property taxes.