St. Vincent College, located in Latrobe Pennsylvania, is a small college with a politically diverse population ranging from conservative to more progressive views. The school community is quite engaged in political discourse and activism, with students and staff often attending events and joining organizations related to politics. The college also has its own student government organization that works to address the needs of students. This organization serves as a platform for students to advocate for their rights on campus, organize events related to politics, and generally promote civic engagement among the entire college community. The college also regularly invites local political candidates to speak on campus about their platforms and initiatives that might benefit the student population. Voting is strongly encouraged amongst all members of the St. Vincent College community, as it allows individuals to have their say in who represents them in local government.
The political climate in St. Vincent College, PA is somewhat conservative.
Westmoreland County, PA is strongly conservative. In Westmoreland County, PA 35.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Westmoreland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 35.2%.
Westmoreland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Vincent College, PA is somewhat conservative.
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania is strongly 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.
St. Vincent College, 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 St. Vincent College, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 556 contributions totaling $146,681 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 348 contributions totaling $117,927 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $339 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)