The politics in 16828 Centre Hall, PA are largely determined by the local government, with residents electing representatives to serve on the town council and school board. Every four years, residents also have the opportunity to elect a mayor who serves as the head of the town’s government. The local political candidates running for office in Centre Hall change from election to election, and each candidate is eager to earn the support of their community. In addition to voting for representatives, residents of Centre Hall can participate in various public forums hosted by local leaders and candidates to discuss relevant issues such as policy changes and budgeting. Through these events, citizens can make their voices heard and help shape the future of their community.
The political climate in Zip 16828 (Centre Hall, PA) is leaning conservative.
Centre County, PA is leaning liberal. In Centre County, PA 51.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Centre county remained Democratic, 51.4% to 46.7%.
Centre county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 16828 (Centre Hall, PA) is leaning conservative.
Centre Hall, Pennsylvania is leaning conservative.
Centre County, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
State College Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Centre Hall, Pennsylvania: r r D d d d
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 16828 (Centre Hall)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 162 contributions totaling $12,088 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 114 contributions totaling $28,758 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)