West Penn, PA is a small rural town located in the southeastern part of the state. The town is governed by a mayor and a town council. Local elections are held for both the mayor and the town council every four years. During local election season, candidates from both major political parties often vie for office, campaigning on their platforms of improving infrastructure, fostering economic growth, and preserving West Penn's rural character. Recently, the town has seen debate over development projects that have threatened to change long-standing zoning ordinances. Residents have become increasingly vocal in expressing their views on these projects and ensuring they are represented at municipal meetings and during local elections. Despite differences of opinion, West Penn continues to be an inviting place to call home due to its friendly people and scenic landscape.
The political climate in West Penn, PA is very conservative.
Schuylkill County, PA is very conservative. In Schuylkill County, PA 29.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Schuylkill county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.1% to 29.3%.
Schuylkill county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Penn, PA is very conservative.
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Pottsville Metro Area is very 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.
West Penn, 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 West Penn, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 93 contributions totaling $13,608 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 134 contributions totaling $40,730 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $304 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)