Shanksville, Pennsylvania is a small community located in Somerset County. The town has a rich history and is home to many important national landmarks. Although the population of Shanksville is small, the people who live there take their politics seriously. Local issues such as education, public safety, and economic development are top priorities for voters in the area. There are several political organizations in Shanksville that are actively involved in local elections, including the Shanksville Political Action Committee (SPAC). The SPAC works with candidates up and down the ballot to ensure they have the resources necessary to succeed in their campaigns. It also promotes discussion among citizens about various issues that affect their lives on a daily basis. The community of Shanksville has strong ties to local politics and citizens take pride in electing their representatives and holding them accountable for their actions while in office.
The political climate in Shanksville, PA is very conservative.
Somerset County, PA is very conservative. In Somerset County, PA 21.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somerset county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.5% to 21.3%.
Somerset county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shanksville, PA is very conservative.
Somerset County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Somerset 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.
Shanksville, 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 Shanksville, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 55 contributions totaling $13,943 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $254 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $4,210 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $248 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)