Custer City leans heavily Republican by roughly 40 points: about 30% of voters vote Democratic and 70% Republican.
About 44% of adults in Custer City typically vote, below the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Custer City, ~13% vote Democratic, ~31% Republican, and ~56% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Custer City compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Custer City leans more Republican than 20 of 90 neighbors.
Custer City runs about 38 points more Republican than Pennsylvania as a whole.
Why Custer City 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 Custer City, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Rural areas vote Republican. About 4% of residents in Custer City live in densely developed areas, about 29 points below the Pennsylvania average of 33%.
Developed land and Republican lean
Places with a rural land-use pattern tend to lean Republican; Custer City, PA sits in the bottom quarter nationally on this measure. Developed land does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.
Why turnout in Custer City looks the way it does
Low high-school completion lines up with lower turnout, and about 95% of adults in Custer City have completed high school, above 75% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
Nearby Cities
- Degolia, PA R+44
- Lewis Run, PA R+46
- Gifford, PA R+44
- South Bradford, PA R+39
- Sawyer City, PA R+49
- Bradford, PA R+32
- Rew, PA R+49
- Irishtown, PA R+42
- Cyclone, PA R+49
- Mount Alton, PA R+44
Cities with Similar Populations
- Mode, IL R+68
- Centre Island, NY R+16
- Stanford, AR R+68
- Little Shasta, CA R+48
- Houcktown, OH R+61
- Scranton, KY R+66
- Sekiu, WA R+2
- Owls Head, NY R+14
- Bruneau, ID R+66
- Lattasburg, OH R+57
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.