Johnstown, Pennsylvania is a small city with a population of around 20,000 people. The local government is comprised of a mayor and nine council members. Currently the mayor of Johnstown is Frank Janakovic and the majority of council members are from the Democratic Party. In recent years, local politics have been focused on economic development initiatives to help revitalize the city and spur job growth. The city also focuses on providing services such as education, public safety, infrastructure, health care and recreation for its citizens. Each year local political candidates compete in elections for positions in city government, advocating for their platform or policies they hope to implement if elected. While the political climate in Johnstown is generally peaceful, there can be intense debates over topics related to taxes, budgeting, housing and more during election season.
The political climate in Zip 15904 (Johnstown, PA) is strongly 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 15904 (Johnstown, PA) is strongly conservative.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania is strongly 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 15904 (Johnstown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 151 contributions totaling $20,523 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 186 contributions totaling $110,879 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $596 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)