The Johnstown, PA Metro Area has a long and storied political history. It is home to numerous elected officials at the county, state, and federal levels. From Governors to Congressmen, the area has seen its share of influential individuals in the political sphere. At the local level, elections are held each year for town councils and school boards. Throughout the region, citizens work together to make decisions that will best represent their communities. While there are disagreements between parties on various issues, these debates take place in a respectful atmosphere with the goal of finding solutions that benefit everyone. By engaging in their political environment, citizens of Johnstown can ensure their voices are heard and their concerns are addressed.
The political climate in Johnstown Metro Area is very conservative.
In Johnstown Metro Area 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, the Johnstown metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 30.7%.
The Johnstown metro area voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Johnstown Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,761 contributions totaling $176,266 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,103 contributions totaling $544,329 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $494 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)