Zelienople, PA is a small town in Butler County with a population of 3,799 people. It is overseen by the Zelienople Borough Council, which consists of seven elected members and a mayor. This council works to provide the residents of Zelienople with all the necessary services and regulations to make living there safe and enjoyable. The current mayor of Zelienople is Don Coughlin who was first elected in 2012 and has been re-elected twice since then. The borough council meets regularly to discuss issues ranging from trash removal to new zoning ordinances. Additionally, the citizens are able to have their voices heard through various public forums throughout the year. Elected local officials within Zelienople are committed to making sure that their constituents’ needs are met while also keeping taxes low and fostering a sense of community cohesion within the town.
The political climate in Zelienople, PA is moderately 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
Zelienople, PA is moderately 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.
Zelienople, 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 Zelienople, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 260 contributions totaling $167,567 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $644 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 118 contributions totaling $17,774 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)