Grapeville, PA is a small, tight-knit community with an active political scene. Residents are passionate about their views and take part in local political events and discussions. Issues such as public safety, taxes, and infrastructure are hot topics of discussion among the locals. Policy initiatives from the town council are often met with both support and criticism in equal measure. Upcoming elections for local government representatives always draw crowds of eager voters who want to make their voices heard and have a say in how the town is run. Additionally, residents also take part in larger state and national politics by attending rallies or signing petitions. Politics may be a contentious subject but it's an important one too that unites people of Grapeville around common goals.
The political climate in Grapeville, 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
Grapeville, 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.
Grapeville, 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 Grapeville, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 269 contributions totaling $26,518 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 86 contributions totaling $17,742 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)