Wayne Township, located in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania is a small rural town with a population of just over 1,400. It is governed by a board of three supervisors who are elected to four-year terms. The township also has its own police department and fire department staffed by local volunteers. There is a mix of both conservative and liberal politics in Wayne Township, from local to national issues. Issues such as public health, environmental protection, education, and economic growth have all been discussed at one point or another within the confines of the township council meetings. The citizens of Wayne Township have also taken an active role in electing their representatives to state and federal offices; campaigning for candidates they feel will best represent their interests.
The political climate in Wayne township (Armstrong County), 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
Wayne township (Armstrong County), 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.
Wayne township (Armstrong County), 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 Wayne township (Armstrong County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 257 contributions totaling $25,947 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 364 contributions totaling $83,077 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $228 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)