West Hills, PA is a small town located in the western part of Pennsylvania. Politics in West Hills are largely focused on local issues including infrastructure, public services, and the local economy. The town is served by a Mayor-Council form of government with an elected mayor to serve as the executive leader of the municipality. Local elections are held every four years for mayor and council members who are all elected at-large by residents of West Hills. During election season, candidates focus on their views on various issues that affect the town such as taxes, economic development, safety and environmental regulations. All political candidates must be registered voters of West Hills. Participation in local politics is encouraged and citizens have multiple opportunities to interact with candidates and voice their opinions.
The political climate in West Hills, 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
West Hills, 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.
West Hills, 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 Hills, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 197 contributions totaling $21,545 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 302 contributions totaling $54,276 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)