The 16161 Wheatland, PA area is a largely rural community that has not seen many changes in its political landscape. The main political party represented in the area is the Republican Party, and it has held a majority of the elected positions in the area for decades. Local elections tend to be quiet affairs with few candidates running for office at any given time. While there are other parties with representation in the region, they are generally not active players in local politics. Political movements such as environmentalism or economic development are largely absent from this small town's agenda. Despite its relative lack of activity on the political front, Wheatland residents have a strong sense of civic pride and take part in their government by attending meetings and participating in local initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 16161 (Wheatland, PA) is moderately conservative.
Mercer County, PA is strongly conservative. In Mercer County, PA 36.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mercer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.2% to 36.2%.
Mercer county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 16161 (Wheatland, PA) is moderately conservative.
Wheatland, Pennsylvania is moderately conservative.
Mercer County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Wheatland, Pennsylvania: d 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 16161 (Wheatland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $5,127 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $302 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)