The city of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania (17815) is a small town that has experienced much growth and development over the past few decades. It is situated in the heart of Columbia County and is a part of the greater rural Bloomsburg-Berwick metropolitan area. The local politics in Bloomsburg are largely dominated by the Republican Party, which holds the majority in both the local government and state legislature. The City Council consists of five members that are elected at-large to four year terms. In addition, there are several other elected officials including Mayor David Kiefer who serves as chief executive for the city government, as well as a Council President that presides over meetings. Elections for local offices take place during odd numbered years and are supervised by the county Board of Elections.
The political climate in Zip 17815 (Bloomsburg, PA) is moderately conservative.
Columbia County, PA is strongly conservative. In Columbia County, PA 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Columbia county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 33.7%.
Columbia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 17815 (Bloomsburg, PA) is moderately conservative.
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania is moderately conservative.
Columbia County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Bloomsburg-Berwick Metro Area is strongly 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.
Bloomsburg, 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 17815 (Bloomsburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,685 contributions totaling $89,975 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 238 contributions totaling $54,771 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)