The small, rural community of 15055 Lawrence, PA has a strong focus on local politics. Residents are passionate about making sure their voices are heard by the government, and local elections often have high turnout. Community meetings are held regularly where residents discuss various aspects of the town's government and come to an agreement regarding important issues. Elections for mayor and other positions on the town council are held every two years, where candidates are democratically elected based on their promises to bring positive change to the community. The people of Lawrence take pride in their political engagement and strive to keep their town as successful as possible.
The political climate in Zip 15055 (Lawrence, PA) is moderately conservative.
Washington County, PA is moderately conservative. In Washington County, PA 38.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 38.0%.
Washington county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 15055 (Lawrence, PA) is moderately conservative.
Lawrence, Pennsylvania is moderately conservative.
Washington County, Pennsylvania is moderately conservative.
Pittsburgh Metro Area is leaning 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.
Lawrence, Pennsylvania: d d r 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 15055 (Lawrence)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $1,143 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $1,550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $517 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)