Falls Creek, PA is a small town with a population of 7,500. It is known for its rural charm and strong sense of community. Politically, it leans to the conservative side and has had several representatives in the state legislature over the years. The most recent representative is Rep. Tom Smith who has served for 8 years and is up for re-election this fall. He currently faces three challengers from different backgrounds and political ideologies: Steve Johnson, an independent; Sarah Jenkins, a Democrat; and Bill Williams, a Republican. All four candidates are running on platforms that focus on improving economic opportunities, providing better educational opportunities, making government more efficient, and protecting the rights of all citizens. With such a close race expected this November, it will be interesting to see which candidate will prevail in Falls Creek's politics.
The political climate in Falls Creek, PA is strongly conservative.
Jefferson County, PA is very conservative. In Jefferson County, PA 19.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.5% to 19.8%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Falls Creek, PA is strongly conservative.
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
DuBois 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.
Falls Creek, 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 Falls Creek, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $890 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)