Harmar, PA is a small town located in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The town has a rich history and has become increasingly popular in recent years due to its close proximity to Pittsburgh. Politically, Harmar is part of the greater Pittsburgh metropolitan area and as such is represented by local officials and state representatives within that region. Local politics are focused on issues that impact the Harmar community specifically, such as infrastructure improvement projects, tax policy initiatives, and education reform measures. Elections for local offices take place every two years in November, giving residents the opportunity to support their favorite candidates and choose who will represent them in the government. Residents of Harmar can stay informed by attending city council meetings or by following political news on local media outlets.
The political climate in Harmar, PA is leaning liberal.
Allegheny County, PA is moderately liberal. In Allegheny County, PA 59.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allegheny county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.4% to 39.0%.
Allegheny county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harmar, PA is leaning liberal.
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania is moderately liberal.
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.
Harmar, Pennsylvania: D D D D D D
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 Harmar, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,973 contributions totaling $1,574,401 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $530 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,156 contributions totaling $1,998,485 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,729 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)