Mercer, PA is a small town in Pennsylvania with a population of just over 2,000 people. It is home to a vibrant political culture that includes local representatives in the State Legislature and Congress. While the major parties in the area are Republican and Democrat, there are several independent candidates that have worked hard to make their voices heard. For example, David Coccodrilli ran for Mayor of Mercer in 2019 as an independent candidate and is working to bring change to the city. He believes in equality for all citizens regardless of race or religion and wants to create a healthier economy by bringing jobs back into Mercer. Other local political candidates include Annemarie Daley, who is running for State Representative in District 22 and Robert Jameson who is running for Congress in the 17th Congressional District. All these candidates represent different aspects of Mercer's community and strive to make sure their constituency gets a fair shake at representation.
The political climate in Zip 16137 (Mercer, PA) is strongly conservative.
Mercer County, PA is strongly conservative. In Mercer County, PA 36.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mercer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.2% to 36.2%.
Mercer county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 16137 (Mercer, PA) is strongly conservative.
Mercer, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Mercer County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Mercer, Pennsylvania: d r 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 16137 (Mercer)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 232 contributions totaling $23,019 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 138 contributions totaling $15,691 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)