Rural Valley, PA is a small town located in the heart of rural Pennsylvania. As such, it has a limited population and local politics are often very personal and close-knit. Local elections involve a great deal of debate between residents on issues like taxes, infrastructure, and education in order to decide who will be the best person to represent their interests. Candidates must also take into account the needs of businesses in the area, as well as job availability for locals. The current mayor is long-time resident Lisa Johnson, who has been in office since 2003 and has done an admirable job leading Rural Valley through difficult times.
The political climate in Rural Valley, 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
Rural Valley, 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.
Rural Valley, 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 Rural Valley, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $127 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $8,263 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)