Lower Burrell, PA is a small city located in Westmoreland County. The city has a Mayor-Council form of government and is led by Mayor Richard Hite. The City Council consists of six members who are elected at large by the residents to serve four year terms. The council works to create laws and ordinances that will benefit the citizens living in Lower Burrell, PA. They also review all budget proposals submitted by the mayor and vote on them accordingly to ensure fiscal responsibility within the city. Lower Burrell, PA also has a police department that is responsible for ensuring public safety and enforcing the laws set forth by city council. In addition, Lower Burrell, PA has an active community involvement program involving various local organizations that strive to improve the quality of life for its residents through projects like park cleanups, neighborhood watch programs, and other initiatives.
The political climate in Lower Burrell, 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
Lower Burrell, 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.
Lower Burrell, 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 Lower Burrell, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 728 contributions totaling $35,730 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 737 contributions totaling $197,339 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $268 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)