Boalsburg, PA is a small town with a population of about 1,300. It is located in the centre of Centre County and boasts a rich history. Despite its small size, Boalsburg boasts an active political scene. Local residents are actively engaged in the political process and regularly participate in local elections to choose their representatives. The town has two main political parties: Republican and Democratic. Each party runs local candidates for various offices including mayor, council, school board members, and county commissioner. Residents also have the option to vote for independent candidates who do not necessarily align with either party's platform. Regardless of which candidate or party they choose to support, Boalsburg citizens take part in determining the direction of their town by casting their votes in local elections.
The political climate in Boalsburg, PA is leaning conservative.
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
Boalsburg, PA is leaning conservative.
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.
Boalsburg, 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 Boalsburg, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,273 contributions totaling $753,452 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 742 contributions totaling $294,681 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $397 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)