Perry Township (Armstrong County), PA is a small rural community located in southwestern Pennsylvania. The township covers an area of just over 15 square miles and is home to approximately 3,000 people. Politically, Perry Township is home to the Republican Party with all three members of its Board of Supervisors being Republicans. The township also has a Supervisor, elected by the citizens of Perry Township every four years. Perry Township is part of Pennsylvania’s 60th Legislative District which consists of Armstrong County and parts of Indiana and Westmoreland Counties. Representing the district in the state Senate and House are Senator Don White and Representative Jeff Pyle, both Republicans. Despite its size, Perry Township is well represented at the local, state, and federal levels of government and takes pride in its ability to make sure its voice is heard on important issues.
The political climate in Perry township (Armstrong County), PA is strongly conservative.
Armstrong County, PA is very conservative. In Armstrong County, PA 23.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Armstrong county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.5% to 23.2%.
Armstrong county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Perry township (Armstrong County), PA is strongly conservative.
Armstrong 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.
Perry township (Armstrong County), 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 Perry township (Armstrong County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 565 contributions totaling $16,534 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $4,767 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)