15946 Portage, PA is a small rural town located in Cambria County. Politically, the town is represented at the local level by Cambria County Commissioners and at the state and federal level by members of the Republican Party. As a historically conservative community, Portage is largely supportive of traditional values and conservative political stances. The county's commissioners are responsible for managing the town's finances and overseeing its development projects. They also deal with issues related to public safety, education, health care, taxes, zoning regulations, and other matters that affect residents in 15946 Portage. In addition to these duties, they are also tasked with providing constituent services such as helping individuals with filing paperwork or advocating on their behalf when necessary.
The political climate in Zip 15946 (Portage, PA) is strongly conservative.
Cambria County, PA is very conservative. In Cambria County, PA 30.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cambria county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 30.7%.
Cambria county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 15946 (Portage, PA) is strongly conservative.
Portage, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Cambria County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Johnstown 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.
Portage, Pennsylvania: d r d 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 15946 (Portage)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 49 contributions totaling $1,296 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $3,190 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)