Sewickley, Pennsylvania is a small town located in Allegheny County. While the town may be small, it is still heavily involved in local politics. The Sewickley community takes great pride in its local government and actively encourages residents to participate in the political process. Through the Sewickley Borough Council meetings, citizens can provide input on various decisions and become more aware of what’s going on in their community. Participants at these meetings have the chance to hear from elected officials about upcoming projects or initiatives and ask questions directly to them. Furthermore, locals are encouraged to attend events hosted by local candidates running for office to get an understanding of their views and stances on key issues. This helps ensure that voters are making informed decisions when casting their ballots come election time!
The political climate in Sewickley township (Westmoreland County), 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
Sewickley township (Westmoreland County), 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.
Sewickley township (Westmoreland 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 Sewickley township (Westmoreland County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,421 contributions totaling $62,883 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 634 contributions totaling $214,969 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $339 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)