Farrell, PA is located in Mercer County and is a small city with a population of about 8,000 people. The politics of the city are largely influenced by the surrounding county. The current mayor of Farrell is James Naioti who was recently elected in 2020.The mayor works closely with the City Council which is made up of seven members representing each ward in Farrell. Alongside the council, various other governmental representatives hold office in Mercer County like representatives from the state legislature and congress. The political landscape of Farrell is also affected by its close proximity to Youngstown, Ohio. Overall, Farrell’s political atmosphere is unique and diverse due to its many influences be it county, state or nearby cities.
The political climate in Zip 16121 (Farrell, PA) is somewhat conservative.
Mercer County, PA is strongly conservative. In Mercer County, PA 36.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mercer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.2% to 36.2%.
Mercer county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 16121 (Farrell, PA) is somewhat conservative.
Farrell, Pennsylvania is somewhat conservative.
Mercer County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Farrell, Pennsylvania: d 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 16121 (Farrell)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $9,620 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $601 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)