The politics in 15501 Somerset, PA are heavily influenced by the local government. The city is home to a mayor and six council members who act as legislative representatives of the entire population. This local government works hard to ensure that the citizens of Somerset have access to all the essential services they need and that any concerns brought forth from the community are addressed and taken care of in a timely manner. They also work closely with state and federal representatives in order to ensure that everyone in Somerset has an equal voice at all levels of government. Additionally, the local government works to increase civic engagement throughout the community in order to make sure all citizens are informed on important issues and understand their role in participating in democracy.
The political climate in Zip 15501 (Somerset, PA) is strongly 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 15501 (Somerset, PA) is strongly conservative.
Somerset, Pennsylvania is strongly 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.
Somerset, 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 15501 (Somerset)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 201 contributions totaling $10,694 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 281 contributions totaling $100,860 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $359 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)