Westfall, PA is a small town with an active local government. Local politics are largely driven by the citizens of the town and their needs. The Westfall Town Council is comprised of nine elected members that represent their constituents and advocate for the interests of the community. They meet regularly to discuss issues such as budgeting, public safety, economic development, and infrastructure projects. Additionally, they work to ensure that local laws are enforced and that services are provided in a timely manner to the citizens. The Mayor is also elected by popular vote and serves as a leader for the town council. Overall, Westfall's political system is focused on providing its citizens with quality services and representation in order to ensure a bright future for the community.
The political climate in Westfall, PA is somewhat conservative.
Pike County, PA is moderately conservative. In Pike County, PA 40.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pike county remained very strongly Republican, 59.0% to 40.0%.
Pike county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Westfall, PA is somewhat conservative.
Pike County, Pennsylvania is moderately conservative.
New York-Newark-Jersey City Metro Area is strongly liberal.
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.
Westfall, 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 Westfall, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 930 contributions totaling $112,994 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 264 contributions totaling $48,466 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)