Penn State Erie (Behrend) is located in 16563, Pennsylvania and is a part of the Penn State System. The campus is governed by a student-elected Board of Directors who work to ensure that the students have access to quality services and resources. The Board is responsible for overseeing the academic and co-curricular programming on campus, as well as ensuring financial stability and safety for the students. At the local level, the city of Erie has its own government which consists of the Mayor, City Council, Treasurer, Controller, Clerk/Recorder of Deeds, District Attorney, Sheriff and Law Judge. All of these officials are elected by citizens within their respective districts. In addition to local government officials, there are also state senators and representatives who represent residents of Erie County in Harrisburg. These elected officials are responsible for making laws and regulations which will benefit their constituents at home.
The political climate in Zip 16563 (Penn State Erie (Behrend), PA) is leaning conservative.
Erie County, PA is leaning liberal. In Erie County, PA 49.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Erie county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.7% to 48.6%.
Erie county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 16563 (Penn State Erie (Behrend), PA) is leaning conservative.
Penn State Erie (Behrend), Pennsylvania is leaning conservative.
Erie County, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
Erie 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.
Penn State Erie (Behrend), Pennsylvania: d d D D r 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 16563 (Penn State Erie (Behrend))
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)