Williamsport, PA is a city with a proud history of political activism. It has been home to many influential politicians over the years, including some of the most prominent figures in Pennsylvania's political landscape. The current mayor of Williamsport is Gabriel J. Campana, who was elected in 2013 and is a member of the Democratic Party. The City Council is composed of five members representing each ward within the city. Recently, Williamsport has also seen increased interest in local politics and grassroots movements advocating for improved public policies. Residents have taken an active role in voicing their opinions about issues that affect them directly, such as taxes, healthcare reform, education systems, and business regulations. Furthermore, community members have come together to hold voter registration drives and other initiatives that promote civic engagement and political awareness among citizens.
The political climate in Williamsport, PA is somewhat conservative.
Lycoming County, PA is very conservative. In Lycoming County, PA 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lycoming county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 28.6%.
Lycoming county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Williamsport, PA is somewhat conservative.
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Williamsport 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.
Williamsport, 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 Williamsport, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 839 contributions totaling $81,797 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 510 contributions totaling $247,099 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $485 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)