The Pottsville, PA Metro Area has an active political environment. Local elections are closely watched each year by citizens in the area, as the politicians they elect have a huge impact on their lives. Every four years, voters select candidates for city council and more recently, a mayor. Issues at the forefront of local politics include education, public safety, infrastructure, and economic development. Other pressing political topics include taxation levels and zoning regulations as the metro area is growing rapidly. Regardless of personal beliefs, it is clear that residents of this area care deeply about the outcome of local elections and put great thought into who they are choosing to represent them in government.
The political climate in Pottsville Metro Area is very conservative.
In Pottsville Metro Area 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, the Pottsville metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.1% to 29.3%.
The Pottsville metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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 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 Pottsville Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,930 contributions totaling $129,429 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,072 contributions totaling $388,009 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $362 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)