Johnstown, Pennsylvania is a city located in Cambria County in the southwestern region of the state. This city has a long history of political and industrial involvement. Politically, the city’s electoral votes have gone to both Democratic and Republican candidates over the years. Currently, members of the Democratic Party hold a majority of seats on Johnstown City Council. Johnstown also has representation in the Pennsylvania General Assembly with two representatives in the House and one in the Senate. In addition to local politicians, several national politicians have roots in Johnstown including former President Barack Obama and Senator Bernie Sanders. There are also many grassroots political organizations actively working to make their voice heard on issues such as economic development, education reform, clean energy initiatives, and improving public services for all citizens. With such an engaged population and political atmosphere, Johnstown is sure to be an important player in politics for years to come.
The political climate in Johnstown, PA is somewhat conservative.
Cambria County, PA is very conservative. In Cambria County, PA 30.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cambria county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 30.7%.
Cambria county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Johnstown, PA is somewhat conservative.
Cambria County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Johnstown 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.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania: d r d 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 Johnstown, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 949 contributions totaling $81,465 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 574 contributions totaling $344,895 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $601 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)