Newell, PA is a small town located in Allegheny county. It is a rural community with a great sense of community pride and tradition. While there are no local political candidates in Newell, the state and national politicians that represent Newell citizens have helped shape the town's politics over the years. The citizens of Newell strongly support their chosen representatives and are often involved in local politics through initiatives such as attending town meetings, participating in local campaigns, or running for office themselves. Despite its small size, Newell is an important part of the political process and provides an essential voice to those in power.
The political climate in Newell, PA is strongly conservative.
Fayette County, PA is very conservative. In Fayette County, PA 32.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 32.9%.
Fayette county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Newell, PA is strongly conservative.
Fayette County, Pennsylvania is very 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.
Newell, Pennsylvania: D d 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 Newell, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $22,480 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $523 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $178,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $4,250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)