Catharine, PA is a small rural town in Pennslyvania with a close-knit community. The local politics of the area are driven by the needs and wants of its citizens. Every four years, residents come together to vote for their mayor and local council members, who are responsible for making decisions about the town's infrastructure and development projects. The local elections are always hotly contested due to the passionate opinions held by both sides of the political spectrum. Issues ranging from taxes to zoning have been at the forefront of public discourse over recent years. With its elected officials representing a broad range of views, Catharine is an example of American democracy in action.
The political climate in Catharine, PA is strongly 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
Catharine, PA is strongly 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.
Catharine, 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 Catharine, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 60 contributions totaling $1,273 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $3,864 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)