The city of New Castle, Pennsylvania is a vibrant community with a strong history of political involvement. Located in Lawrence County, the population was estimated to be 23,273 in 2019. In recent years, New Castle has seen an increase in coalitions and campaigns advocating for issues such as affordable housing and environmental justice. Local candidates running for office are committed to making the city a safe place for all citizens and working to protect their rights. For example, mayoral candidate Jane Doe is focused on improving public transportation infrastructure while councilperson John Smith's platform centers around developing more recreational activities for youth. No matter who is elected into office, it is clear that the people of 16102 are dedicated to making sure their voices are heard when it comes to politics in New Castle.
The political climate in Zip 16102 (New Castle, PA) is moderately conservative.
Lawrence County, PA is strongly conservative. In Lawrence County, PA 34.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lawrence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 34.6%.
Lawrence county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 16102 (New Castle, PA) is moderately conservative.
New Castle, Pennsylvania is moderately conservative.
Lawrence County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
New Castle Metro Area is strongly 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.
New Castle, 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 16102 (New Castle)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $84 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $4,205 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)