The small town of Bellwood, PA is a vibrant community with many diverse populations and political views. Although there are no local political candidates in the 16617 zip code, the people of Bellwood are passionate about advocating for their beliefs and making their voices heard in state and national politics. Those living in Bellwood are particularly focused on issues that hit close to home such as education, health care, jobs and access to resources. They also understand the importance of being informed about national and world news, and value having conversations about different perspectives on important matters. While no one candidate may be able to represent everyone’s perspective in 16617, the citizens of Bellwood are determined to ensure that their concerns are heard at all levels.
The political climate in Zip 16617 (Bellwood, 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 16617 (Bellwood, PA) is strongly conservative.
Bellwood, 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.
Bellwood, 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 16617 (Bellwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $4,321 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)