The town of Edinboro, Pennsylvania is a small community located in Erie County with a population of approximately 7,000 people. The local political scene is comprised of elected officials from the Erie County level all the way down to the town’s board of supervisors. As part of the state’s government, Edinboro is represented at the House and Senate levels by Republican Cris Dush and Republican Dan Laughlin, respectively. At the municipal level, voting citizens elect seven individuals who form the Board of Supervisors for Edinboro. These elected officials are responsible for maintaining the town’s infrastructure and services for its residents. The Board also regulates zoning laws and ensures that new developments adhere to these regulations. Community members are encouraged to get involved in local politics by attending local government meetings, running for office themselves, or volunteering for an existing candidate’s campaign. Engaging in local politics is an important way to ensure Edinboro remains a safe and enjoyable place to live.
The political climate in Zip 16412 (Edinboro, PA) is leaning conservative.
Erie County, PA is leaning liberal. In Erie County, PA 49.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Erie county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.7% to 48.6%.
Erie county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 16412 (Edinboro, PA) is leaning conservative.
Edinboro, Pennsylvania is leaning conservative.
Erie County, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
Erie Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Edinboro, Pennsylvania: d d D D r d
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 16412 (Edinboro)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 468 contributions totaling $51,202 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $13,656 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)