New Florence, PA is a small town in Western Pennsylvania with a population of around 2,500 people. It is a close-knit community that values its local politics and history. The town's government is composed of 6 elected officials and 11 appointed board members who work together to make decisions that have lasting impacts on the community. Elections are held annually for mayor, borough council members, tax collector, auditor, constable and solicitor. Local candidates are chosen based on their ability to represent the best interests of the town's citizens. Political debates and campaigns have long been popular within New Florence as citizens strive to make their voices heard. As such, residents take great pride in selecting representatives who understand the needs of the town and will work diligently to ensure that those needs are met with sound judgment and actionable solutions.
The political climate in New Florence, 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
New Florence, 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.
New Florence, 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 New Florence, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 55 contributions totaling $10,970 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $4,231 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)