Pottsville, PA is a small city located in Schuylkill County. Despite its size, Pottsville has a vibrant political climate and is home to many elected officials who represent the people of Pottsville at all levels of government. At the local level, the mayor and City Council of Pottsville partner with members of the community to create policies that best serve the needs of the citizens. The City Council works with state and federal representatives to advocate for issues that affect Pottsville directly. The people of Pottsville are passionate about their politics and actively engage in public discourse on important topics such as education, healthcare, and economic opportunity. Through their involvement in local politics, the residents of Pottsville contribute to making decisions that will shape their community for years to come.
The political climate in Pottsville, PA is moderately conservative.
Schuylkill County, PA is very conservative. In Schuylkill County, PA 29.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Schuylkill county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.1% to 29.3%.
Schuylkill county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pottsville, PA is moderately conservative.
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Pottsville Metro Area is very conservative.
Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
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.
Pottsville, Pennsylvania: r r r R R 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Pottsville, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 643 contributions totaling $48,901 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 197 contributions totaling $128,114 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $650 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)