The politics in 16510 Erie, PA are largely influenced by the local government. The city of Erie is governed by a mayor and nine-member City Council which is elected by the citizens. The Mayor and Council are responsible for creating laws and regulations that determine how the city operates. Additionally, they play an important role in deciding how local resources are allocated to meet the needs of the community. Furthermore, there are many other organizations such as public schools, police departments, fire departments, libraries and more that all rely on the decisions made by the City Council. As a result, those living in 16510 Erie have a direct say in how their city is run through their representatives at local government levels.
The political climate in Zip 16510 (Erie, PA) is leaning conservative.
Erie County, PA is leaning liberal. In Erie County, PA 49.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Erie county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.7% to 48.6%.
Erie county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 16510 (Erie, PA) is leaning conservative.
Erie, Pennsylvania is leaning conservative.
Erie County, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
Erie Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Erie, Pennsylvania: d d D D r d
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 16510 (Erie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 198 contributions totaling $24,587 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 62 contributions totaling $11,857 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)