Donora, Pennsylvania is a small town situated in Washington County that is known for its steel-related heritage. Although the area has a rich history, its politics are not as widely discussed. The local government in Donora is run by a five-member council who oversees the day-to-day operations of the town. Each council member serves four-year terms and is elected by the residents of Donora. Additionally, elections are held every two years to determine the mayor of Donora who also serves a four-year term. Both the mayor and council members have an extensive list of duties ranging from approving budgets to appointing administrative officers and creating ordinances for the regulation of the community. The current mayor of Donora is Paul Junker who was elected in 2019 and will serve until 2023. Despite being a small community, political involvement in Donora is quite active with numerous local candidates running for office at any given election cycle.
The political climate in Donora, PA is somewhat 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
Donora, PA is somewhat 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.
Donora, 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 Donora, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 44 contributions totaling $1,322 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $135 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)