Buck Mountain is a Republican stronghold. About 24% of voters here vote Democratic and 76% Republican.
About 68% of adults in Buck Mountain typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Buck Mountain, ~16% vote Democratic, ~52% Republican, and ~32% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Buck Mountain compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Buck Mountain leans more Republican than 161 of 169 neighbors.
Buck Mountain runs about 50 points more Republican than Pennsylvania as a whole.
Why Buck Mountain leans the way it does
This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Buck Mountain, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Buck Mountain, about 98% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 13 points below the Pennsylvania average of 26%. Rural areas vote Republican, and Buck Mountain sits in the bottom quarter on density (about 4%, below 88% of cities).
High-school completion, developed land, and voter turnout
Places that combine high-school-completion-heavy adults and a rural land-use pattern tend to turn out at a higher rate, as Buck Mountain, PA does.
Why turnout in Buck Mountain looks the way it does
Homeowners vote more often than renters. About 95% of households in Buck Mountain own their home, about 16 points above the Pennsylvania average of 79%. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- White Haven, PA R+35
- East Side, PA R+33
- Rockport, PA R+41
- Hudsondale, PA R+53
Cities with Similar Populations
- Alluwe, OK R+66
- Zamora, CA R+18
- Thomaston, IN R+45
- Rockwood, ME R+30
- West Prairie, WI R+25
- Newburg, IL R+51
- Papineau, IL R+51
- Minnie, WV R+65
- Elkhorn, TN R+56
- Deer Grove, IL R+40
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Sources and methodology
Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.
Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.
Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.