Donegal Township, located in Washington County, Pennsylvania is a small suburban community with a population of approximately 5500 people. Despite its small size, Donegal Township is a vibrant and active political hub. There are many local and state elections held in the area on a regular basis that are actively and passionately contested by the local residents. Local candidates for office regularly go door-to-door to talk with the residents about issues that matter to them and what they can do to make their voice heard. The local Democratic and Republican parties both organize voter registration drives, educational seminars, and town hall meetings to ensure that everyone in the township is informed about their current leaders and issues that may be on the ballot. As such, Donegal Township has become an important political center for Western Pennsylvania with many citizens eager to participate in their civic responsibilities.
The political climate in Donegal township (Washington County), PA is strongly conservative.
Washington County, PA is moderately conservative. In Washington County, PA 38.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 38.0%.
Washington county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Donegal township (Washington County), PA is strongly conservative.
Washington County, Pennsylvania is moderately 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.
Donegal township (Washington County), Pennsylvania: d d 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 Donegal township (Washington County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 267 contributions totaling $10,364 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 115 contributions totaling $9,443 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)