Cresson borough, PA is a small community located in Cambria County. It is home to around 500 people who are served by a mayor-council form of government. The mayor and the council members are elected every two years and are responsible for the day-to-day operations of the borough. They maintain roads, public safety, and other services that benefit the citizens of Cresson. Local politics in Cresson are centered around preserving its history as a small coal mining community while at the same time adapting to new economic realities and growth pressures from both within and outside of the borough. Many candidates have emerged over the years to lead Cresson into its future while still respecting its past. Discussions around development projects in town, budgeting for necessary services, and infrastructure improvements often dominate local political conversations in Cresson Borough.
The political climate in Cresson, PA is moderately conservative.
Cambria County, PA is very conservative. In Cambria County, PA 30.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cambria county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 30.7%.
Cambria county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cresson, PA is moderately conservative.
Cambria County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Johnstown 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.
Cresson, Pennsylvania: d r d 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 Cresson, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 77 contributions totaling $5,342 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $11,285 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $940 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)