Prospect, PA is a small town in Pennsylvania with a population of about 1,000 people. It is served by two local governing bodies: the town council and the mayor. The town council consists of five members who are elected every four years by the local residents to oversee various aspects of town government including public safety, infrastructure, and economic development. The mayor is also elected and serves a four-year term in office. They are responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations and setting policy directives for the town. Prospect’s political scene has been relatively stable over the past several years with little major changes occurring from one election cycle to another. Residents tend to be involved in their local politics and take pride in participating in community events such as candidate forums, debates, and other activities that promote civic engagement.
The political climate in Prospect, PA is strongly conservative.
Butler County, PA is very conservative. In Butler County, PA 33.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 33.0%.
Butler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Prospect, PA is strongly conservative.
Butler 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.
Prospect, 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 Prospect, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $754 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $4,285 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)