The small town of Shanksville, Pennsylvania (population 15560) is known for the Flight 93 Memorial in recognition of the heroic actions taken by those aboard Flight 93 on September 11th, 2001. Located in Somerset County, politics and government also play an important role in the lives of the citizens of Shanksville. The local government consists of a mayor and council members who are elected to serve four-year terms that help to make decisions on behalf of the town. The citizens have a voice in what decisions are made by voting in elections, including ones for local political candidates such as State Senator James Runkle or State Representative Carl Walker Metzgar. As part of Pennsylvania's 6th Congressional District, the people Shanksville are also represented on a national level by Congresswoman Gabby Giffords. All these people work together to ensure that the town continues to be a great place to live and raise families.
The political climate in Zip 15560 (Shanksville, PA) is very conservative.
Somerset County, PA is very conservative. In Somerset County, PA 21.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somerset county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.5% to 21.3%.
Somerset county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 15560 (Shanksville, PA) is very conservative.
Shanksville, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Somerset County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Somerset 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.
Shanksville, 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 15560 (Shanksville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)