West Wheatfield, PA is a small rural town located in the western part of Pennsylvania. The town's politics are largely centered around local issues such as education, taxes and infrastructure. The town is represented by a variety of elected officials at the local, county and state levels. Many of these officials have served the town for many years, demonstrating their commitment to the community and its citizens. However, each year new candidates choose to run for office in order to bring fresh ideas and perspectives to West Wheatfield politics. With their combined experience and new ideas, local political candidates strive to provide the best possible service and representation for all citizens of West Wheatfield.
The political climate in West Wheatfield, PA is strongly conservative.
Indiana County, PA is very conservative. In Indiana County, PA 30.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Indiana county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 30.6%.
Indiana county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Wheatfield, PA is strongly conservative.
Indiana County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Indiana 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 Wheatfield, 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 Wheatfield, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 96 contributions totaling $22,125 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 108 contributions totaling $47,250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $438 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)