Stoystown, PA is a small town located in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. The town has a rich history and is currently home to around 1,000 residents. Despite its small size, Stoystown has a vibrant political scene. Local politics are often centered around issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, and economic development. These issues are often hotly contested between candidates from both the Democratic and Republican parties. Each election cycle brings new challenges with both parties vying for control of local politics and aiming to make Stoystown’s future brighter. Residents of Stoystown have the opportunity to get involved by attending local meetings or casting their vote for elected officials that will represent them in important decisions affecting the town’s future.
The political climate in Stoystown, PA is strongly conservative.
Somerset County, PA is very conservative. In Somerset County, PA 21.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somerset county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.5% to 21.3%.
Somerset county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stoystown, PA is strongly conservative.
Somerset County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Somerset 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.
Stoystown, 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 Stoystown, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $11,718 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $451 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $2,135 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)