15864 Summerville, PA, is a small rural town with a population of approximately 2,000 people. The local politics are centered around the town council, which is responsible for making decisions about the law and order of the town. There are typically 4-5 members in the council that serve two-year terms elected by the citizens every November. The president of the council serves as mayor and works closely with other officials to ensure that laws and regulations are upheld within the community. Elections for office holders often have low voter turnout due to the small size of Summerville, but those who do participate take their role seriously and work diligently to ensure that their voice is heard in order to improve their community.
The political climate in Zip 15864 (Summerville, PA) is very conservative.
Jefferson County, PA is very conservative. In Jefferson County, PA 19.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.5% to 19.8%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 15864 (Summerville, PA) is very conservative.
Summerville, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
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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.
Summerville, 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 15864 (Summerville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $5,398 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $1,800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $360 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)