Erie, Pennsylvania, is the fourth largest city in the state and a part of Erie County. The politics in 16508 Erie, PA are heavily influenced by the majority Democratic Party. In 2016, registered Democrats outnumbered Republicans by almost three to one in Erie County. The Democratic Party also holds both US Senate seats representing Pennsylvania, as well as the governorship and both chambers of the General Assembly. Locally, the mayor of Erie is Joe Schember, a Democrat local business owner who was elected in 2017 and re-elected for a second term unopposed in 2021. Other officials include State Representatives Pat Harkins (D) and Ryan Bizzarro (D). On the county level, Kathy Dahlkemper was elected County Executive in 2019 and has become a leader on issues such as economic development and public safety. These political leaders have been working hard to ensure that all citizens of 16508 Erie PA have their voices heard and their needs met.
The political climate in Zip 16508 (Erie, PA) is leaning 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 16508 (Erie, PA) is leaning liberal.
Erie, Pennsylvania is leaning 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 16508 (Erie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 346 contributions totaling $88,492 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $256 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $18,900 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)