Lawson Heights, PA is a small town located in the Northeastern United States. Despite its size, it has a vibrant political culture that is active and engaged. Local politics is dominated by debates about issues such as taxation, education, and crime. Residents of Lawson Heights take pride in their ability to make their voices heard and are actively involved in local campaigns. Candidates for office from both major political parties must work hard to ensure that their message resonates with the community’s needs. In addition to voting for local candidates, citizens also have the opportunity to get involved in other ways such as attending town hall meetings or joining protests. No matter one's political leanings, the people of Lawson Heights strive to make sure they can have an impact on the decisions made by their elected representatives.
The political climate in Lawson Heights, 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
Lawson Heights, 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.
Lawson Heights, 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 Lawson Heights, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 556 contributions totaling $146,681 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 348 contributions totaling $117,927 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $339 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)