West Sunbury, PA is a small borough located in southwestern Pennsylvania. It is home to a diverse population and has been an active participant in the political landscape of the area. The political process in West Sunbury revolves around local elections. Local citizens take part in electing a mayor and council members who will represent them in government decisions. These elected officials are responsible for overseeing the operations of the borough and its services to it's residents. In addition, they hold regular meetings with community members to discuss civic issues that affect the area. During these meetings, residents are given an opportunity to express their views on particular topics and have their voices heard by those in power. With these meetings, local elected officials make decisions that shape the future of West Sunbury for years to come.
The political climate in West Sunbury, PA is strongly conservative.
Butler County, PA is very conservative. In Butler County, PA 33.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 33.0%.
Butler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Sunbury, PA is strongly conservative.
Butler 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 Sunbury, 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 Sunbury, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $431 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $451 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)