17015 Carlisle, PA is a small city located in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Politically, the region is primarily blue-leaning Democrat. In the most recent Presidential election, Joe Biden won the majority of votes in the county with 52.3% compared to Donald Trump’s 45%. Notable politicians from the area have included former Pennsylvania Senator and current US Ambassador to Germany Richard J. Green and former State House Representative Steve Bloom. The 17015 Carlisle City Council consists of four members who are all registered Democrats. The Council meets once a month to discuss local political issues and events that affect the city. In addition to these representatives, residents can also contact their state and federal representatives for more information on how their vote will affect legislation at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 17015 (Carlisle, PA) is somewhat conservative.
Cumberland County, PA is somewhat conservative. In Cumberland County, PA 43.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cumberland county remained strongly Republican, 54.3% to 43.8%.
Cumberland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 17015 (Carlisle, PA) is somewhat conservative.
Carlisle, Pennsylvania is somewhat conservative.
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania is somewhat conservative.
Harrisburg-Carlisle 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.
Carlisle, 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 17015 (Carlisle)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 917 contributions totaling $52,628 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 484 contributions totaling $137,062 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $283 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)