Ford City, PA is a small town located in Armstrong County. It has a rich history steeped in politics dating back to its formation in the early 1900s. Despite its small size, the town has seen its share of political activity over the years. The current mayor, Don Blaine, was elected in 2018 and is running for re-election this year. He has made it his mission to improve infrastructure and create more job opportunities for Ford City's residents. Other local candidates include Deena Hines, who is running for the county council representing 16226 Ford City, PA and is making her voice heard on issues like reducing taxes and increasing access to quality healthcare for all citizens. Additionally, there are several other local political candidates vying for office throughout the area that are pushing their own agendas and platforms.
The political climate in Zip 16226 (Ford City, PA) is strongly conservative.
Armstrong County, PA is very conservative. In Armstrong County, PA 23.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Armstrong county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.5% to 23.2%.
Armstrong county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 16226 (Ford City, PA) is strongly conservative.
Ford City, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Pittsburgh Metro Area is leaning 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.
Ford City, 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 16226 (Ford City)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 130 contributions totaling $5,629 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 89 contributions totaling $11,644 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)