Johnstown, Pennsylvania is a small city located in Cambria County that has a population of 20,978 people. The local politics of Johnstown are governed by the mayor and City Council. The current mayor is Frank Janakovic and the City Council consists of 6 members. They work together to ensure that Johnstown has responsible and effective leadership that will serve the needs of its citizens. The City Council meets monthly to discuss issues facing the community and to create policy that will benefit all of its residents. There are also various committees in place which focus on areas such as housing, public safety, economic development, and sustainable growth. All members of the community have a chance to get involved in local politics by attending meetings or joining committees so their voices can be heard.
The political climate in Zip 15909 (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 15909 (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 15909 (Johnstown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 62 contributions totaling $6,883 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 57 contributions totaling $17,276 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $303 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)