Bethel Park, Pennsylvania is a suburb of Pittsburgh located in Allegheny County. Bethel Park is a vibrant community with diverse political opinions. The local government consists of a mayor and six council members elected to four-year terms by the citizens of Bethel Park. The mayor is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the municipality and serves as the administrative head of the town. The council members are charged with setting policy, approving ordinances and resolutions, and providing legislative oversight to ensure responsible management of city resources. With elections taking place every four years, Bethel Park residents have an opportunity to actively engage in their local politics by voting for the candidate they believe will best represent them. Community involvement is encouraged with public meetings held throughout the year to discuss local government issues and initiatives. This involvement helps create an engaged environment where citizens can be heard and have their voices taken into account when decisions are made for their community.
The political climate in Bethel Park, PA is leaning liberal.
Allegheny County, PA is moderately liberal. In Allegheny County, PA 59.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allegheny county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.4% to 39.0%.
Allegheny county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bethel Park, PA is leaning liberal.
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania is moderately liberal.
Pittsburgh Metro Area is leaning 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.
Bethel Park, Pennsylvania: D D D D D D
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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Bethel Park, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,687 contributions totaling $1,050,968 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,412 contributions totaling $878,335 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $364 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)