The small town of Duke Center, PA is located in McKean County and is home to a population of just over 200 people. Despite its small size, the town still has a vibrant political landscape with local elections held each year. In recent years, the town has seen a variety of candidates running for office, including representatives from both major parties as well as independent and third party candidates. Locals often take an active role in these elections, turning out to vote and engaging in conversations about the issues that are important to them. The public debates between the candidates provide valuable insight into how all sides view the challenges facing Duke Center's residents. From discussions about economic development and job creation to providing better amenities for students and seniors, everyone can share their views on what needs to be done for this small town to thrive.
The political climate in Zip 16729 (Duke Center, PA) is very conservative.
McKean County, PA is very conservative. In McKean County, PA 26.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McKean county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 26.1%.
McKean county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 16729 (Duke Center, PA) is very conservative.
Duke Center, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
McKean County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Bradford 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.
Duke Center, 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 zip 16729 (Duke Center)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 63 contributions totaling $10,688 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)