Delmont, PA is a small town located about an hour outside of Pittsburgh. While Delmont is not typically known for its politics, residents are passionate about their local government and the future of their community. There are several political issues that often generate discussion within the town, such as improving infrastructure or investing in more public parks. Local candidates play a major role in these conversations as they work to gain the support of voters by advocating for their desired policies and initiatives. Delmont has seen several successful campaigns recently with a number of candidates being elected at the state and municipal levels. Residents are hopeful that these new leaders will bring positive changes to the area and ensure that Delmont remains a vibrant and thriving community for many years to come.
The political climate in Delmont, PA is moderately conservative.
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
Delmont, PA is moderately conservative.
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania 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.
Delmont, 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 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 Delmont, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 310 contributions totaling $24,565 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 311 contributions totaling $152,569 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $491 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)