Thanks! This is spot-on. State College (especially in the townships that define the school district) is dominated by faculty and administrative staff; because of property prices, much of the clerical and other staff live in various places outside of the Borough. The student vote is always hard to gauge because of so many of the more politically aware ones being registered in their "home" locations (which in many cases aren't even in PA - PSU has a huge and growing out-of-state and international student population, and in-state students are now only about 52% of the student body at University Park). And your point about the Centre GOP is key; the parts of Centre Co. that are red are REALLY red, which means that at a sub-county level it's pretty much wacko central.
Thanks! This is spot-on. State College (especially in the townships that define the school district) is dominated by faculty and administrative staff; because of property prices, much of the clerical and other staff live in various places outside of the Borough. The student vote is always hard to gauge because of so many of the more politically aware ones being registered in their "home" locations (which in many cases aren't even in PA - PSU has a huge and growing out-of-state and international student population, and in-state students are now only about 52% of the student body at University Park). And your point about the Centre GOP is key; the parts of Centre Co. that are red are REALLY red, which means that at a sub-county level it's pretty much wacko central.