Trafford, Pennsylvania is a small borough located in Westmoreland County. It is home to a vibrant and engaged community that takes politics seriously. Local elections often draw high levels of participation from engaged citizens, and the candidates vying for office are passionate about their causes and policies. Trafford residents come from all walks of life, and they care deeply about having a voice in the political process. As such, many local organizations have formed to provide support to the various political parties and candidates who seek to represent the borough. Elections are held regularly, giving locals an opportunity to make their voices heard and influence the direction of the local government as well as their own futures.
The political climate in Trafford, 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
Trafford, 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.
Trafford, 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 Trafford, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,036 contributions totaling $65,917 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 532 contributions totaling $65,520 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)