Oil City, PA is a small city located in Venango County, Pennsylvania. Despite its size, it has a vibrant political landscape with numerous candidates vying for local office. The Republican and Democratic Parties both have strong presences in the area and regularly compete for representation on the Oil City Council. Additionally, 16301 Oil City has seen successful independent candidates in recent years as well. With a growing population and increasing diversity amongst its citizens, residents of 16301 Oil City can expect an exciting and ever-evolving political environment in the future.
The political climate in Zip 16301 (Oil City, PA) is strongly conservative.
Venango County, PA is very conservative. In Venango County, PA 28.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Venango county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 28.5%.
Venango county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 16301 (Oil City, PA) is strongly conservative.
Oil City, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Venango County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Oil City 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.
Oil City, Pennsylvania: R 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 16301 (Oil City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 200 contributions totaling $6,372 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 135 contributions totaling $25,723 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)