Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania is a small town located in the south central region of the state. Politically, it is an overwhelmingly Republican area with only small pockets of Democrats scattered throughout the community. The Mayor is currently Republican Tom Smith and the town council consists of eight members who are also mostly Republicans. Local politics tends to focus on issues such as community development, infrastructure improvements, and public safety. Elections are usually held in November and there are no local political candidates running at this time. Roaring Spring residents take pride in their ability to work together towards improving their town and its resources while still maintaining a friendly atmosphere and sense of community spirit.
The political climate in Roaring Spring, 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
Roaring Spring, 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.
Roaring Spring, 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 Roaring Spring, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $10 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $5 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $13,170 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)