Hermitage, PA is a small town with a population of just over 15,000. It is located in Mercer County, Pennsylvania and is known for its rich history. The political landscape of Hermitage can be characterized as strongly conservative, with the majority of residents voting Republican in elections. In local politics, the Republican Party has held a majority of offices in the town council and school board. The mayor of Hermitage is currently Jeff Cogswell, a long-time resident and veteran of the U.S. Air Force who was elected on the Republican ticket in 2017. At the state level, Hermitage is represented by two Republican legislators; Senator Scott Hutchinson and Representative Lori Mizgorski both serve to protect and advance conservative values in their districts. Locally, Hermitage residents actively participate in politics by attending town hall meetings to voice their opinions on issues that matter to them.
The political climate in Hermitage, PA is moderately conservative.
Mercer County, PA is strongly conservative. In Mercer County, PA 36.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mercer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.2% to 36.2%.
Mercer county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hermitage, PA is moderately conservative.
Mercer County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Hermitage, Pennsylvania: d 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 Hermitage, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 850 contributions totaling $49,819 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 348 contributions totaling $80,343 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)