The city of 16116 Edinburg, PA is governed by a small council of locally elected officials. These elected representatives strive to meet the needs of their constituents while making important decisions that affect the entire community. Local issues such as taxes, public safety, and infrastructure improvements are all discussed and voted on by the council members. The current mayor is Maxwell Smith, who has held this position since 2011 and who works tirelessly to make Edinburg a better place to live. There are also three city council members, Teresa White, Bill Stevens, and Jessica Anderson who serve the citizens of Edinburg with their hard work and dedication. All local political candidates for upcoming elections must register with the state's Department of Elections in order to be eligible to run for office. Currently there are several groups actively working on local issues throughout the region including organizations focused on environmental protection, economic growth, education reform, and more.
The political climate in Zip 16116 (Edinburg, PA) is strongly conservative.
Lawrence County, PA is strongly conservative. In Lawrence County, PA 34.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lawrence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 34.6%.
Lawrence county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 16116 (Edinburg, PA) is strongly conservative.
Edinburg, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Lawrence County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
New Castle 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.
Edinburg, Pennsylvania: d 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 16116 (Edinburg)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 53 contributions totaling $4,568 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $3,267 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)