The politics in 16673 Roaring Spring, PA are centered around the local elections in the borough of Roaring Spring. Every two years, voters come out to elect a mayor and four council members who will guide the borough’s decisions on infrastructure, public safety, land use issues, zoning ordinances, and budgeting. During election years, candidates take part in debates and forums about their plans for the community while residents have an opportunity to get to know each candidate better before heading to the polls. By upholding democratic values at the local level, 16673 Roaring Spring remains an active participant in Pennsylvania's democracy.
The political climate in Zip 16673 (Roaring Spring, PA) is very 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 16673 (Roaring Spring, PA) is very conservative.
Roaring Spring, Pennsylvania is very 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.
Roaring Spring, 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 16673 (Roaring Spring)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $10 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $5 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $13,170 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)