New Vernon, PA is a small town in Pennsylvania with a population of about 3,000 people. The politics of the town are centered around local issues that affect the residents directly. These include things such as zoning regulations, local taxes, infrastructure spending, and other matters that impact the quality of life for citizens. A variety of local political candidates exist who seek to represent the citizens' interests on these issues. They come from all walks of life, with backgrounds ranging from community activists to business owners to educators. These candidates offer different approaches and visions for how to solve the problems facing New Vernon. The citizens must decide which candidate best represents their needs and values when voting in elections.
The political climate in New Vernon, PA is strongly conservative.
Mercer County, PA is strongly conservative. In Mercer County, PA 36.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mercer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.2% to 36.2%.
Mercer county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Vernon, PA is strongly conservative.
Mercer County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman Metro Area is somewhat 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 Vernon, 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 Vernon, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 42 contributions totaling $1,403 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $5,405 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)