The city of Shamokin, PA (17872) is located in Northumberland County and is home to an estimated population of 7,374 people. The politics in Shamokin are largely shaped by the local government and its representation in the state legislature. At the municipal level, Shamokin is governed by a mayor, four council members, and a controller. Local political candidates run for these offices every four years during elections held in November. For representation in the Pennsylvania General Assembly, voters in Shamokin elect one representative from each of the state’s two districts that overlap with the city limits. The current representatives are Stephen Barrar (R) for District 160 and Lynda Schlegel Culver (R) for District 107. Both serve on various committees that oversee legislation related to economic development, public safety, transportation/infrastructure improvements, and more.
The political climate in Zip 17872 (Shamokin, PA) is strongly conservative.
Northumberland County, PA is very conservative. In Northumberland County, PA 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Northumberland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.3% to 29.9%.
Northumberland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 17872 (Shamokin, PA) is strongly conservative.
Shamokin, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Sunbury 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.
Shamokin, 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 17872 (Shamokin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 83 contributions totaling $3,965 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 41 contributions totaling $4,447 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)