The small town of 15650 Latrobe, PA is located in Westmoreland County and has a unique way of governing. The local government is overseen by the Latrobe City Council, which consists of seven elected officials from within the town. The Council meets twice a month to discuss issues affecting the community and make decisions on how best to manage the town's affairs. They also direct all departments and oversee all administrative personnel. In addition, they are responsible for approving zoning changes and municipal budgets. Residents of 15650 Latrobe have a say in their representatives through periodic local elections that elect council members as well as mayor and other officers. This helps create an engaged civic atmosphere in which residents can have their voices heard on important matters that affect their daily lives.
The political climate in Zip 15650 (Latrobe, PA) is moderately conservative.
Westmoreland County, PA is strongly conservative. In Westmoreland County, PA 35.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Westmoreland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 35.2%.
Westmoreland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 15650 (Latrobe, PA) is moderately conservative.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania is moderately conservative.
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania is strongly 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.
Latrobe, 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 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 15650 (Latrobe)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 556 contributions totaling $146,681 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 348 contributions totaling $117,927 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $339 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)