Armstrong County, Pennsylvania is a vibrant community with a rich political history. Despite its small size, the county has seen many successful politicians emerge from it’s ranks. The people of Armstrong County take pride in the decisions their elected representatives make and are passionate about their local politics. In recent years, there have been several strong candidates running for office in Armstrong County representing various parties and ideologies. The people of Armstrong County passionately debate these issues with each other and strive to ensure that whoever is elected to office will be able to represent their beliefs and values accurately and effectively. Through the support of their constituents, Armstrong County politicians continue to make strides towards a brighter future for all its citizens.
The political climate in Armstrong County, PA is very conservative.
In Armstrong County, PA 23.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Armstrong county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.5% to 23.2%.
Armstrong county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Armstrong County, PA is very conservative.
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.
Armstrong, Pennsylvania: R R R R R R
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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Armstrong County, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 650 contributions totaling $44,066 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 744 contributions totaling $131,826 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)