New Castle, PA is a city located in western Pennsylvania, and is the county seat of Lawrence County. It is a relatively small city, with a population of around 23,000 residents. The city is governed by a council-manager system, which consists of seven members on the City Council and an elected Mayor. The City Council focuses on setting policy for the entire municipality, while the Mayor serves as an ex officio member of the Council and presides over meetings. In addition to overseeing day-to-day operations of the city government, the Mayor also works to promote New Castle's economic growth and development. Local political candidates in New Castle are regularly running for office to serve their community and advocate for local causes. As a result of this involvement from citizens, local politics have become more involved and visible in recent years in New Castle.
The political climate in New Castle, PA is somewhat conservative.
Lawrence County, PA is strongly conservative. In Lawrence County, PA 34.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lawrence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 34.6%.
Lawrence county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Castle, PA is somewhat conservative.
Lawrence County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
New Castle Metro Area is strongly 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.
New Castle, Pennsylvania: d 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 New Castle, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 453 contributions totaling $56,828 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 503 contributions totaling $155,164 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $308 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)