Ellwood City, PA (16117) is a small town in Lawrence County, located along the Connoquenessing Creek. Politics in Ellwood City are mainly driven by local initiatives and interests. The city is represented on the state and federal level by Republican Party members. Currently, the mayor of Ellwood City is Terry Fodi, who was elected to his third consecutive term in 2019. Additionally, Ellwood City has a Borough Council which consists of seven members who are elected to four-year terms. The current borough council president is Jeffrey Beshada. Other notable political figures from the area include Pennsylvania State Representative Aaron Bernstine and Congressman Mike Kelly. As a largely conservative area, Ellwood City residents prioritize maintaining small government and protecting individual rights.
The political climate in Zip 16117 (Ellwood City, PA) is moderately 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 16117 (Ellwood City, PA) is moderately conservative.
Ellwood City, Pennsylvania is moderately 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.
Ellwood City, 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 16117 (Ellwood City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 400 contributions totaling $13,395 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 120 contributions totaling $148,797 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,240 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)