Ben Avon, PA is a suburban borough located in Allegheny County. The politics in Ben Avon are focused on local issues and are driven by the residents of the community. The council is made up of five members who are elected by the residents to serve four-year terms. The Mayor serves as the leader of the council, managing local policies and initiatives that affect Ben Avon residents. Each year, the residents have an opportunity to vote for their preferred candidates in local elections. Candidates must campaign in order to be elected and they focus on addressing challenges that affect their constituents within Ben Avon and Allegheny County. Over the years, Ben Avon's political climate has remained relatively stable with a focus on responsible spending and preserving the borough's unique character.
The political climate in Ben Avon, 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
Ben Avon, 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.
Ben Avon, 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 Ben Avon, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 840 contributions totaling $137,905 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 251 contributions totaling $47,589 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)