Marshall, Pennsylvania is a small town located in the heart of the Allegheny Mountains. It is a community with a rich history that dates back to its founding in 1812. Despite its small size, Marshall has a vibrant political landscape, which includes numerous local organizations and events dedicated to creating informed citizens and a better quality of life for all of its residents. These organizations often host public forums, debates, and other events in order to bring local politics to the forefront of discussion. Local candidates also take advantage of these opportunities to discuss their platforms and make their case for why they should be elected or appointed to office. In short, Marshall knows how important it is for its residents to be involved in politics and takes the initiative necessary to ensure that everyone feels heard.
The political climate in Marshall, 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
Marshall, 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.
Marshall, 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 Marshall, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,830 contributions totaling $1,432,809 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,667 contributions totaling $2,152,097 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $807 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)