The city of Altoona, PA in zip code 16602 is a mid-sized city located in the state of Pennsylvania. As of 2019, the population of Altoona was around 46,320 people. The city is governed by a Mayor/Council form of government, which includes seven City Council members that are elected for four year terms by its residents. Several local political candidates have put forth their candidacy for these positions over the years. Issues such as economic growth, public safety, infrastructure improvement, and education reform have been discussed among these candidates during their campaign efforts. The citizens of Altoona can cast their votes to help decide who will be representing them on the City Council and be responsible for deciding on the future of their city.
The political climate in Zip 16602 (Altoona, PA) is strongly conservative.
Blair County, PA is very conservative. In Blair County, PA 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blair county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 27.7%.
Blair county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 16602 (Altoona, PA) is strongly conservative.
Altoona, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Blair County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Altoona 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.
Altoona, 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 16602 (Altoona)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 220 contributions totaling $9,045 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 294 contributions totaling $247,968 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $843 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)