Galeton, PA is located in Potter County and is a small rural town with a population of approximately 800 people. The government of Galeton is run by the local mayor, who serves as the chief executive officer, and a borough council of six members. The mayor is elected every four years during the municipal election and is responsible for overseeing the day to day operations of the municipality. The borough council meets regularly to discuss various issues such as taxes, infrastructure, public safety, and zoning. Local political candidates in Galeton are nominated each year to serve on the council and these individuals must be chosen from one of three political parties: Democrat, Republican or Independent. In addition to local politics, Galeton citizens also vote in state and federal elections to choose representatives for their region on both levels. All residents are encouraged to participate in their community by voting and getting involved in politics in order to create positive change for their hometown.
The political climate in Zip 16922 (Galeton, PA) is strongly conservative.
Potter County, PA is very conservative. In Potter County, PA 19.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Potter county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.7% to 19.0%.
Potter county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 16922 (Galeton, PA) is strongly conservative.
Galeton, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Potter County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
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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.
Galeton, 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 16922 (Galeton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $330 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $1,141 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)