The politics of Somerset, PA Metro Area are centered around the local government and its various levels. Residents participate in a number of activities that involve their local political representatives, such as voting in elections, volunteering to work on campaigns for candidates they support, and attending town hall meetings with members of the county commission. There are also many organizations dedicated to providing education about important issues facing the community and advocating for changes within the local government structure. In addition, each mayor and township commissioner is elected by popular vote to serve a four-year term. Overall, these local leaders take part in civic engagement and helping shape the policies that will best benefit their constituency while respecting diversity and creating a safe environment for all residents.
The political climate in Somerset Metro Area is very conservative.
In Somerset Metro Area 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, the Somerset metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.5% to 21.3%.
The Somerset metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Somerset Metro Area
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)