Politics in Julian, PA (16844) are mainly centered around local issues. The town is served by the Columbia County government, with representatives from each district. Every election year, local residents vote for candidates running for county offices such as Sheriff and Treasurer. Voters also select candidates from the political parties for Federal and State offices such as US Senator or Pennsylvania House of Representatives. The current mayor is Nancy Mertz who was elected in 2016 and has held office since then. At the local level, there are numerous committees like the Planning Commission and Board of Health that help shape policies and regulations within the town. Local organizations such as the Julian Area Chamber of Commerce often have a voice in how their community is run on a day-to-day basis.
The political climate in Zip 16844 (Julian, PA) is leaning conservative.
Centre County, PA is leaning liberal. In Centre County, PA 51.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Centre county remained Democratic, 51.4% to 46.7%.
Centre county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 16844 (Julian, PA) is leaning conservative.
Julian, Pennsylvania is leaning conservative.
Centre County, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
State College Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Julian, Pennsylvania: r r D d d d
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 16844 (Julian)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 92 contributions totaling $10,480 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $4,082 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)