Butler, PA is a city located in Butler County in Western Pennsylvania. It is an area that has a strong emphasis on local politics and engaging with the community. The City of Butler has a Mayor-Council form of government that is designed to ensure that the citizens have a voice in their local governing body. The Mayor holds executive power and is responsible for supervising, organizing, and directing departments within his city, while the City Council is the legislative authority, making and passing laws within their jurisdiction. They rely heavily on input from constituents to ensure that all of their decisions are made with the best interests of all citizens in mind. Additionally, there are many other state and federal representatives who are active in advocating for issues relevant to Butler’s diverse population. All together these representatives work hard to ensure the best possible outcome for those living in the Area.
The political climate in Butler, PA is somewhat conservative.
Butler County, PA is very conservative. In Butler County, PA 33.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 33.0%.
Butler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Butler, PA is somewhat conservative.
Butler County, Pennsylvania is very 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.
Butler, 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 Butler, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 785 contributions totaling $73,676 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 834 contributions totaling $623,409 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $747 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)