Murrysville, PA is a suburb of Pittsburgh located in Westmoreland County. It has a mayor-council form of government with six elected council members. The mayor is elected at large and the council members are elected by district. The current mayor is Bob Brooks and the council includes Susan Solosky, Stephen X. Pirhalla, Vivienne Mihalik, Bob McGinnis, Tom Linko and Richard Divone. Murrysville residents elect their local representatives every four years in municipal elections. Community involvement in local politics is high as residents take pride in their city and actively participate in discussions on important issues such as public safety and infrastructure improvements. The Murrysville City Council meets monthly to discuss matters concerning the well being of the community and to develop strategies for improving quality of life for its citizens.
The political climate in Murrysville, PA is moderately 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
Murrysville, PA is moderately 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.
Murrysville, 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 Murrysville, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,193 contributions totaling $254,143 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,121 contributions totaling $692,686 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $327 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)