The small borough of Windber, Pennsylvania is an important part of the area it resides in and has many different facets to its politics. While the population size is not significant enough to have its own elected officials, many of the governing bodies in surrounding townships and cities have a major impact on Windber's politics. For example, state representatives and congressional representatives from nearby Somerset County often shape policies that affect Windber residents. Additionally, local school boards play a major role in determining curriculum for Windber schools and funding for various projects within the borough. All of these factors contribute to the political climate in 15963 Windber, PA.
The political climate in Zip 15963 (Windber, 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 15963 (Windber, PA) is strongly conservative.
Windber, 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.
Windber, 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 15963 (Windber)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 88 contributions totaling $1,393 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 129 contributions totaling $8,915 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)