Export, PA is a small town located in the rolling hills of Western Pennsylvania. Although it is a relatively rural area, Export has an active political landscape with many different candidates representing various views and opinions. Local elections are often hotly contested and attract attention from both residents and people across the state. Candidates typically focus on issues such as healthcare, education, local economy, infrastructure, and environmental concerns. Political parties often play an important role in local elections as well, with many residents leaning towards one party or another depending on their stances on these various topics. The citizens of Export take their civic duties extremely seriously and participate actively in the political process by voting and engaging with candidates during election season.
The political climate in Export, PA is somewhat 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
Export, PA is somewhat 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.
Export, 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 Export, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 274 contributions totaling $20,996 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 226 contributions totaling $92,774 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $411 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)