Greenville, Pennsylvania is a small town located in Mercer County. It has a rich history of involvement with politics, including many prominent figures in local government over the years. Recently, the town has seen an influx of new residents, making it an increasingly important political center in southwestern Pennsylvania. Politically speaking, Greenville is split almost evenly between Republicans and Democrats. Local elections tend to be very competitive and constituents have a wide variety of opinions about how the town should be managed. As such, local political candidates must strive to appeal to all voters if they want to be successful. Additionally, there are various initiatives underway to ensure that the voices of all citizens are heard and that their concerns are addressed by their elected officials in Greenville.
The political climate in Greenville township (Somerset County), PA is very conservative.
Somerset County, PA is very conservative. In Somerset County, PA 21.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somerset county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.5% to 21.3%.
Somerset county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Greenville township (Somerset County), PA is very conservative.
Somerset County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Somerset Metro Area is very 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.
Greenville township (Somerset County), 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 Greenville township (Somerset County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 143 contributions totaling $17,461 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $9,315 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $373 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)