Whitaker, PA is a small town located in the heart of Pennsylvania. Despite its small size, it has an active political landscape that affects both local and statewide policies. The town is led by an elected mayor who works with members of the borough council to make decisions on policy and budgeting. The mayor and council also work with representatives from the county, state, and federal governments to ensure Whitaker’s needs are taken into account in their respective areas of governance. Local elections take place every four years, giving citizens the opportunity to elect leaders who will represent them on a range of different issues. Voters have the chance to elect public officials who understand their concerns and will create policies that benefit the people of Whitaker.
The political climate in Whitaker, PA is somewhat liberal.
Allegheny County, PA is moderately liberal. In Allegheny County, PA 59.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allegheny county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.4% to 39.0%.
Allegheny county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Whitaker, PA is somewhat liberal.
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania is moderately liberal.
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.
Whitaker, Pennsylvania: D D D D D D
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 Whitaker, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 801 contributions totaling $62,285 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 152 contributions totaling $16,928 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)