Foot of Ten is a Republican stronghold. About 22% of voters here vote Democratic and 78% Republican.
About 78% of adults in Foot of Ten typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Foot of Ten, ~17% vote Democratic, ~60% Republican, and ~23% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.
How Foot of Ten compares
Among cities within 25 miles, Foot of Ten leans more Republican than 60 of 153 neighbors.
Foot of Ten runs about 54 points more Republican than Pennsylvania as a whole.
Politics vary noticeably by neighborhood within Foot of Ten. The south side is the most Republican-leaning (R+65) and the east side is the least Republican-leaning (R+54), a spread of about 10 points.
Why Foot of Ten 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 Foot of Ten, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.
Areas with a high white share and below-average college attainment vote Republican. In Foot of Ten, about 99% of residents are non-Hispanic white, about 26 points above the U.S. average of 72%; about 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, about 9 points below the Pennsylvania average of 26%.
High-school completion and voter turnout
Places with high-school-completion-heavy adults tend to turn out at a higher rate; Foot of Ten, PA sits in the top quarter nationally on this measure.
Why turnout in Foot of Ten looks the way it does
Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Foot of Ten is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 68%, about 7 points above the U.S. average of 60%. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 96% of adults in Foot of Ten have completed high school, above 81% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.
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- East Freedom, PA R+62
- Gallitzin, PA R+48
- Cresson, PA R+43
- Sankertown, PA R+44
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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.