Shelocta, PA 15774 is a small rural community located in Westmoreland County. The local government of Shelocta is governed by the mayor and the four-member borough council. These representatives are elected by local residents to serve a four-year term, usually from November until October. The mayor of Shelocta has an executive role in making decisions and providing advice on matters such as budgets, security and public services. The borough council makes legislative decisions affecting the entire community. They also review zoning regulations, ordinances, and other planning documents that will affect the future growth of the borough. Local candidates for office are selected during each election cycle from within the community. As such, they bring their own unique perspectives to political discussions and provide insight into what matters most to their constituents.
The political climate in Zip 15774 (Shelocta, PA) is very conservative.
Indiana County, PA is very conservative. In Indiana County, PA 30.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Indiana county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 30.6%.
Indiana county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 15774 (Shelocta, PA) is very conservative.
Shelocta, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Indiana County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Indiana 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.
Shelocta, 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 15774 (Shelocta)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 52 contributions totaling $6,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 55 contributions totaling $33,417 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $608 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)