Ross Township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania has a rich political history. Over the years, the Township has been led by an elected board of commissioners who are responsible for making decisions on behalf of the entire community. The current board is comprised of five members, each serving four-year terms. These members are elected by voters within Ross Township and serve to make sure that their constituents have their voices heard when it comes to decision-making in the township. There are numerous local political candidates vying for positions on the board every election cycle, and residents can stay up-to-date with what's happening in politics in Ross Township through the local newspaper and various online sources. This ensures that the residents of Ross Township always have access to accurate information about their local government and its leaders.
The political climate in Ross township (Allegheny County), PA is somewhat liberal.
Allegheny County, PA is moderately liberal. In Allegheny County, PA 59.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allegheny county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.4% to 39.0%.
Allegheny county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ross township (Allegheny County), PA is somewhat liberal.
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania is moderately liberal.
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.
Ross township (Allegheny County), Pennsylvania: D D D D D D
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 Ross township (Allegheny County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,070 contributions totaling $1,408,794 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,460 contributions totaling $527,343 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)