The small town of Speers, PA is a tight-knit community with a population of just over 1200 people. The local politics center around the local government, which consists of an elected mayor and five members of the borough council. The current Mayor and Council are focused on improving the town’s infrastructure, providing basic services, and fostering economic development. Recent efforts have included projects to update local water lines and roads, renovate parks and playgrounds, build new housing developments for families in need, and attract businesses to the area. With these efforts, Speers is becoming more attractive to residents from outside the area who are looking for a safe place to live or start a business. The town’s leadership is committed to continuing its progress while still preserving its small-town charm.
The political climate in Speers, PA is moderately conservative.
Washington County, PA is moderately conservative. In Washington County, PA 38.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 38.0%.
Washington county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Speers, PA is moderately conservative.
Washington County, Pennsylvania is moderately 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.
Speers, 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 Speers, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 379 contributions totaling $17,332 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 250 contributions totaling $193,869 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $775 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)