The small city of 15531 Boswell, PA is a quiet and peaceful place where the politics remain relatively tame. Local issues such as taxes, infrastructure, and zoning changes are what citizens tend to care most about when it comes to politics in the area. However, there are still some local political candidates in the area who are running for office and who have platforms that focus on these important issues. Their campaigns mostly involve attending town hall meetings or other events to talk with voters and explain their ideas on how they would help the community if elected. The elections for these positions typically have low turnouts as most people in Boswell prefer to stay out of politics and instead focus on their day-to-day lives.
The political climate in Zip 15531 (Boswell, 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
Zip 15531 (Boswell, PA) is very conservative.
Boswell, Pennsylvania 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.
Boswell, 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 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 15531 (Boswell)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $358 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $13 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)