Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania is a vibrant community with a range of local politics. The county is governed by a board of commissioners, and has an elected sheriff as the highest law enforcement officer. The county also has various offices for state representatives and senators, including the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and the Pennsylvania Senate. Additionally, there are many local political organizations active in Westmoreland County, including the Westmoreland County Democratic Committee and Westmoreland Republican Committee. These organizations actively engage with citizens to inform them of upcoming elections and issues that may affect their lives. Through these organizations, citizens can become involved in their local politics and make informed decisions when it comes to voting in elections.
The political climate in Westmoreland County, PA is strongly conservative.
In Westmoreland County, PA 35.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Westmoreland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 35.2%.
Westmoreland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Westmoreland County, PA is strongly 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.
Westmoreland, 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 Westmoreland County, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,693 contributions totaling $918,087 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,411 contributions totaling $1,443,042 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $327 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)