In 1850, Ulster, PA was a quiet town situated in the northeastern corner of Pennsylvania. Although it was small in population, the people of Ulster had a vibrant political life. Members of the community were actively involved in local politics and regularly discussed and debated various issues in order to make their town a better place. The main political parties at this time included the Whigs, Democrats, and Free Soilers, with many debates happening over how best to handle the issues facing the town. During this time period, the primary focus of local politics was on economic interests such as taxes, tariffs and banking regulations. Individuals from all three political parties were elected to represent the citizens of Ulster at both state and federal levels of government. As time went on these discussions led to improvements being made that helped to shape modern day Ulster into what it is today.
The political climate in Zip 18850 (Ulster, PA) is strongly conservative.
Bradford County, PA is very conservative. In Bradford County, PA 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bradford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.4% to 26.6%.
Bradford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 18850 (Ulster, PA) is strongly conservative.
Ulster, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Bradford County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Sayre 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.
Ulster, 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 18850 (Ulster)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 188 contributions totaling $18,157 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $2,825 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $565 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)