Politics in 16148 Hermitage, PA are represented by local and state elected officials. At the local level, citizens of Hermitage are served by three school districts: Hermitage School District, Hickory School District, and Shenango Area School District. The area is also represented by state representatives from Pennsylvania’s 10th Congressional district and 17th Senate district along with local officials at the county level. Local issues that affect the community of Hermitage include budgeting for essential services such as education, transportation, public safety, and infrastructure. Citizens of Hermitage can get involved in local politics through attending town hall meetings or attending rallies in support of certain candidates or ballot initiatives. Overall, politics in 16148 Hermitage, PA are a key part of everyday life as locals work together to make their communities better for everyone.
The political climate in Zip 16148 (Hermitage, PA) is moderately conservative.
Mercer County, PA is strongly conservative. In Mercer County, PA 36.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mercer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.2% to 36.2%.
Mercer county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 16148 (Hermitage, PA) is moderately conservative.
Hermitage, Pennsylvania is moderately conservative.
Mercer County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Hermitage, 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 16148 (Hermitage)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 360 contributions totaling $25,307 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 165 contributions totaling $39,494 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $239 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)