The small town of Cambria, PA is a close-knit community known for its rich history and beautiful landscape. When it comes to politics, the people of Cambria take great pride in their local government and representatives. Over the years, many different candidates have stepped up to serve the citizens of Cambria while upholding the values and principles that are important to this community. Residents can always count on their elected officials to make decisions that are in the best interest of everyone living here. The town’s politicians strive to ensure that all citizens feel represented in their government and their concerns are heard when it matters most. As such, residents can confidently cast their votes knowing that they are making an informed decision about who will lead them into the future.
The political climate in Cambria, PA is strongly 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
Cambria, PA is strongly 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.
Cambria, 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 Cambria, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 371 contributions totaling $34,510 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 168 contributions totaling $59,756 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $356 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)