Erie, Pennsylvania is a vibrant city situated on the shores of Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania. As the fourth largest city in the state, 16501 Erie has a culture and history that dates back over 200 years. Politically, the city is part of the 16th Congressional District represented by Republican Mike Kelly and has been since 2011. The City of Erie is governed by an elected Mayor and eight-member City Council with three members representing each ward in the city. The City Council meets at least once per month to discuss local issues and provide guidance to the Mayor. Additionally, 16501 Erie holds non-partisan municipal elections for mayor, City Council members, school board directors, tax collectors, auditors and other important positions every two years. The citizens of this great city are actively engaged in their local government and are passionate about making sure their voices are heard on important matters such as health care and education reform, taxes and economic growth.
The political climate in Zip 16501 (Erie, PA) is somewhat liberal.
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 16501 (Erie, PA) is somewhat liberal.
Erie, Pennsylvania is somewhat liberal.
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.
Erie, 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 16501 (Erie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $22,097 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $269 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)