Politics in 15902 Johnstown, PA is largely determined by elections held at the local level. These elections are overseen by the Pennsylvania Department of State, and the results determine which representatives will serve in various roles within the community. In recent years, election turnouts have been fairly consistent, with candidates from both major parties vying for seats on local boards and for positions in government. Local issues such as infrastructure investments and public safety initiatives are often discussed during political campaigns leading up to an election. The 15902 area has always been a mostly Democratic-leaning county, but there is still a healthy competition between candidates from both sides of the aisle each election cycle.
The political climate in Zip 15902 (Johnstown, PA) is moderately conservative.
Cambria County, PA is very conservative. In Cambria County, PA 30.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cambria county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 30.7%.
Cambria county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 15902 (Johnstown, PA) is moderately conservative.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania is moderately conservative.
Cambria County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Johnstown 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.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania: d r d 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 15902 (Johnstown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 45 contributions totaling $2,588 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $17,213 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $506 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)