The small community of 15563 Stoystown, Pennsylvania is located in the rolling hills of Somerset County. It is a tight-knit community that values its sense of community and connection to one another. While the people of 15563 Stoystown are passionate about their local politics, they do not have any local political candidates representing them. Instead, they take part by voting during national elections and engaging in discussion with their neighbors on current events and policies that affect their town. The people of 15563 Stoystown have a strong sense of pride in their home and take an active role in learning about national politics so that they can make informed decisions on who they should vote for during elections.
The political climate in Zip 15563 (Stoystown, 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 15563 (Stoystown, PA) is very conservative.
Stoystown, 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.
Stoystown, 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 15563 (Stoystown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $11,718 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $451 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $2,135 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)