The small borough of Bolivar, PA (zip code 15923) is home to a tight-knit community of approximately 500 residents. The local politics are overseen by a mayor and six council members who are elected to serve four-year terms. They work closely together on various issues such as public safety, infrastructure upgrades, and enhancing the quality of life for all residents. The 2020 mayoral election was fiercely contested and saw a hotly contested race between the two candidates: incumbent Mayor Mary Smith and challenger Joe Brown. Although Mayor Smith eventually won, it was an incredibly close race and showed just how seriously the citizens of Bolivar take their local politics. In addition to the mayoral election, the city is also home to many other important political figures at the county level who have an influence on the entire area.
The political climate in Zip 15923 (Bolivar, PA) is strongly conservative.
Westmoreland County, PA is strongly conservative. In Westmoreland County, PA 35.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Westmoreland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 35.2%.
Westmoreland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 15923 (Bolivar, PA) is strongly conservative.
Bolivar, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Pittsburgh Metro Area is leaning 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.
Bolivar, 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 15923 (Bolivar)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $707 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $354 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)