McCandless, PA is a vibrant community situated in northern Allegheny County. The town has seen continued growth and development over the past few years, thanks largely to the dedicated efforts of local political leaders. These elected officials strive to ensure that McCandless remains a safe and prosperous place for its residents. Through their efforts, they are able to provide access to important services such as public safety, education, health care, and infrastructure improvements. The town also benefits from the local representatives who serve in higher offices at both the state and federal levels. By engaging with these representatives, McCandless residents are able to influence decisions made at all levels of government that concern their community. With this level of involvement and commitment from elected officials, McCandless is sure to continue thriving in the years to come.
The political climate in McCandless, 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
McCandless, 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.
McCandless, 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 McCandless, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,356 contributions totaling $1,514,142 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3,763 contributions totaling $1,667,714 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $443 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)