Hempfield Township, located in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, is a great place to live and work. The township has experienced much growth in recent years with new businesses establishing roots and housing developments popping up. With this growth has come increased attention from local political candidates vying for seats in the community. Residents have the opportunity to voice their opinion by voting for the candidate of their choice who promises to represent their best interests and uphold the values of Hempfield Township. Currently, two candidates running are Eric McClelland and Robert Scalise, both of whom are dedicated to doing what’s best for Hempfield Township residents. Both candidates have emphasized their commitment to improving public safety, providing quality services, increasing economic development opportunities, and protecting taxpayers’ money. Whichever candidate wins will be tasked with upholding the values that make Hempfield Township such a great place to live and work.
The political climate in Hempfield township (Westmoreland County), 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
Hempfield township (Westmoreland County), 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.
Hempfield township (Westmoreland County), 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 Hempfield township (Westmoreland County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,703 contributions totaling $354,765 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,402 contributions totaling $417,328 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $298 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)