Duncansville, PA is an unincorporated community located in Blair County, Pennsylvania. The area has a long history of political involvement going back to the early 1800s, when it was part of Bedford County. Over the years, many local and state politicians have been elected from the area. Currently Duncansville is represented in Harrisburg by State Representative Lou Schmitt and State Senator Judy Ward. In recent years, Duncansville residents have made their voices heard on a number of important local issues such as taxes and development projects. Additionally, there are several active local political organizations in the area that are dedicated to promoting civic engagement among citizens and making sure their views are expressed at the state level. This makes Duncansville an important part of Pennsylvania's political landscape and its citizens play a vital role in shaping the policies that affect them.
The political climate in Duncansville, PA is moderately conservative.
Blair County, PA is very conservative. In Blair County, PA 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blair county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 27.7%.
Blair county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Duncansville, PA is moderately conservative.
Blair County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Altoona 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.
Duncansville, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Duncansville, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 148 contributions totaling $7,456 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 126 contributions totaling $33,435 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $265 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)