The politics of 17740 Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania are reflective of the national trends that can be observed in the political landscape of the United States. Here, a majority of registered voters identify as Republican, while a minority lean towards Democratic ideals. The local government is led by an elected Mayor and five Council Members who make decisions in the best interests of their constituents. In recent years, the community has seen more focus on issues such as education funding and economic development initiatives, with both Republicans and Democrats advocating for their respective causes. Local candidates for office have included individuals from both major parties who have sought to bring change to 17740 Jersey Shore and improve the lives of its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 17740 (Jersey Shore, PA) is very conservative.
Lycoming County, PA is very conservative. In Lycoming County, PA 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lycoming county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 28.6%.
Lycoming county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 17740 (Jersey Shore, PA) is very conservative.
Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Williamsport Metro Area is very 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.
Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania: R 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 17740 (Jersey Shore)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 84 contributions totaling $13,990 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 94 contributions totaling $20,455 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $218 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)