East Huntingdon, PA is a small town with a population of about 3,500 people. Located in Westmoreland County, it is part of Pennsylvania’s 6th Congressional District and is represented by Glenn Thompson. On the local level, East Huntingdon Township is made up of three elected supervisors who make decisions impacting the community. The supervisors meet on the third Monday of each month, and members of the public are encouraged to attend and provide input. There are no local political candidates running for office in East Huntingdon at this time. However, residents are encouraged to stay informed on current political events and participate in upcoming elections.
The political climate in East Huntingdon, 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
East Huntingdon, 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.
East Huntingdon, 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 East Huntingdon, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 215 contributions totaling $11,685 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 148 contributions totaling $30,133 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)