The city of Johnstown, PA is located in Cambria County and has a population of 19,820 people. It is the center of politics in the region and houses many local political offices for both the county and state. At the local level, there are two councilmen who represent the city at City Hall. They are responsible for making decisions about issues that affect the daily lives of Johnstown citizens such as taxation, public services, safety, and infrastructure development. At the county level, there are four commissioners that oversee all county-level operations within their jurisdiction. Additionally, Johnstown also has representatives in Congress and the state legislature who work to ensure that state laws and regulations are being properly implemented. All these officials work together to ensure that Johnstown remains a safe and prosperous place to live.
The political climate in Zip 15906 (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 15906 (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 15906 (Johnstown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 174 contributions totaling $2,889 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $13,347 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $477 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)