Bellefonte, PA is a small town located in central Pennsylvania. It is home to a diverse population of just under 6,000 people. The politics in Bellefonte are shaped by its city council which consists of seven members including the mayor and vice-mayor. The city council sets forth policies that influence the daily lives of its citizens. They have the power to pass ordinances, create budgets, hire and fire staff and appoint board members who serve on various committees. Additionally, they work with state and federal officials to ensure that Bellefonte has adequate resources for its citizens. Local elections are held every four years for city council members and residents have the opportunity to vote for their preferred candidates based on their political beliefs.
The political climate in Bellefonte, PA is leaning liberal.
Centre County, PA is leaning liberal. In Centre County, PA 51.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Centre county remained Democratic, 51.4% to 46.7%.
Centre county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bellefonte, PA is leaning liberal.
Centre County, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
State College 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.
Bellefonte, Pennsylvania: r r D d d 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 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 Bellefonte, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 847 contributions totaling $48,434 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 248 contributions totaling $25,201 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)