West Taylor, PA is a small rural community in central Pennsylvania. It has an active local government that is focused on providing essential services to its citizens. The town has a mayor and council-members who are elected each year to represent the community’s interests. The mayor and council-members work together to create initiatives and policies that benefit the citizens of West Taylor. Additionally, they hold public meetings to ensure transparency and accountability while making decisions about the town’s future. All members of the local community are encouraged to attend these meetings or contact their local elected officials with any questions or concerns they may have regarding local politics. Through this open dialogue between citizens and their representatives, West Taylor is able to remain a safe and prosperous place for all who live there.
The political climate in West Taylor, PA is strongly conservative.
Cambria County, PA is very conservative. In Cambria County, PA 30.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cambria county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 30.7%.
Cambria county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Taylor, PA is strongly conservative.
Cambria County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Johnstown 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 Taylor, Pennsylvania: d r d 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 Taylor, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 174 contributions totaling $2,889 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $17 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $13,347 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $477 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)