Wampum, PA is a small, rural town located in western Pennsylvania. Politics in Wampum are dominated by local issues like improving public education and expanding infrastructure. The town is represented by a variety of state legislators from both major political parties. Local citizens have the opportunity to participate in the political process through their voting rights and by attending community meetings and events. Residents of Wampum take pride in being informed and involved with their local politics, as they continue to advocate for issues that matter most to them.
The political climate in Wampum, PA is moderately conservative.
Lawrence County, PA is strongly conservative. In Lawrence County, PA 34.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lawrence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 34.6%.
Lawrence county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wampum, PA is moderately conservative.
Lawrence County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
New Castle Metro Area is strongly 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.
Wampum, Pennsylvania: d 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 Wampum, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $329 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $1,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $533 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)