Loyalhanna Township, located in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania is a rural community of about 5,000 people. The township is governed by a Board of Supervisors who are elected to oversee the needs of the community. There are plenty of local political issues for residents to get involved with, such as zoning and public works projects. Local residents may also volunteer to serve on township committees or run for office in local elections. Another way to get involved in politics at the local level is through attending town halls and other events organized by the Board of Supervisors or other elected officials. With the help of these volunteers and activists, loyalhanna Township can continue to be a vibrant and prosperous community for generations to come.
The political climate in Loyalhanna township, PA is strongly 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
Loyalhanna township, PA is strongly 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.
Loyalhanna township, 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 Loyalhanna township, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 38 contributions totaling $3,854 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $13,210 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)