West Providence, PA is a small rural town located in Pennsylvania. While politics are not the main focus of the town, there is still a great amount of civic engagement and involvement in local government. Local residents take part in elections for various positions, such as Town Council members or Mayor. Residents are passionate about making sure West Providence runs smoothly and has the programs and resources necessary to serve the community. The citizens come together to voice their opinions on issues that concern them, which ensures that their voices are heard at all levels of government. As a result, many local initiatives have been put into place that benefit the people living in West Providence.
The political climate in West Providence, PA is strongly conservative.
Bedford County, PA is very conservative. In Bedford County, PA 15.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bedford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.4% to 15.8%.
Bedford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Providence, PA is strongly conservative.
Bedford County, Pennsylvania 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 Providence, 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 Providence, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 118 contributions totaling $7,765 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 212 contributions totaling $42,734 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)