Southmont, PA is a small town in central Pennsylvania that is governed by local politicians. It has a city council composed of elected members from the community who are responsible for enacting laws and regulations to ensure the safety and prosperity of the town. The council enacts legislation related to taxation, development, public works, and other services with the goal of providing a safe and healthy environment for citizens to live in. They also elect the mayor who works with representatives of various departments in order to ensure that all needs of the community are met. Southmont is well known for its strong democratic values and encourages civic engagement by its citizens in order to ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Southmont, 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
Southmont, 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.
Southmont, 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 Southmont, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 673 contributions totaling $57,013 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 488 contributions totaling $296,486 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $608 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)