Confluence, PA is a small town with a population of about 3,000 people. It has one mayor and five council members who make up the local government. The mayor and city council are responsible for making decisions that affect the everyday lives of the citizens of Confluence. They have been able to maintain a good standard of living in the town and keep taxes low. Citizens are given the opportunity to voice their opinions at monthly public meetings held by the mayor and city council. Local elections are held every four years in order to elect new leaders into office. These elections provide residents with an avenue to express their opinions on pressing matters and vote for candidates that share their views. The citizens of Confluence take pride in knowing they have a say in running their town’s government and strive to make sure that their voices are heard when it comes to important decisions that affect their community.
The political climate in Confluence, PA is strongly 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
Confluence, PA is strongly 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.
Confluence, 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 Confluence, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $625 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $361 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)