Somerset County in Pennsylvania is a region known for its rural beauty and strong sense of community. Despite its small population size, the county has an active political landscape with many local candidates vying to represent the area. The county is largely conservative in its politics, although there are some progressive voices emerging across the region. Candidates often focus on issues related to economic development, education, public safety, and environmental protection to better serve their constituents. Local leadership works hard to ensure that all citizens have access to the resources they need while providing good governance to protect the quality of life in Somerset County. With a mix of traditional values and new ideas, Somerset County strives for political balance and strong representation for its residents.
The political climate in 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
Somerset County, PA 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.
Somerset, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Somerset County, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 695 contributions totaling $79,299 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 674 contributions totaling $188,921 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $280 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)