The city of Williamsport, PA is an important political hub in the state of Pennsylvania. With a population of 28,186, the city hosts a variety of local and state government organizations, including but not limited to the Lycoming County Board of Commissioners, City Council, and various local and state courts. While some of these organizations are administered at a county-level or higher, there are numerous local representatives who serve as key decision makers for the citizens of Williamsport. These representatives include members of the U.S House of Representatives for Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District, State Senators and Representatives from Williamsport's district within Pennsylvania's 23rd District Senate and 84th District House, as well as County Commissioners from Lycoming County who oversee and direct many county level initiatives across Williamsport. Local elections are key to selecting representatives that citizens feel best represent their interests in accordance with local policies and needs.
The political climate in Zip 17701 (Williamsport, PA) is strongly 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
Zip 17701 (Williamsport, PA) is strongly conservative.
Williamsport, Pennsylvania is strongly 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 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 17701 (Williamsport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 736 contributions totaling $67,358 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 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)