The small town of Ligonier, Pennsylvania is located in Westmoreland County and has an estimated population of about 1,638 people. The political atmosphere in Ligonier reflects the larger state of Pennsylvania. Ligonier residents have access to local government through the town's mayor and council members, plus a few other elected officials. In addition, they are represented by state senators and representatives from Westmoreland County in Pennsylvania's legislature. On the national level, citizens vote for their President and congressional representatives from the 15th Congressional District of Pennsylvania. All these elected officials work together to ensure that Ligonier remains an active and vibrant town with a strong sense of community spirit.
The political climate in Zip 15658 (Ligonier, PA) is strongly 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 15658 (Ligonier, PA) is strongly conservative.
Ligonier, Pennsylvania is strongly 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.
Ligonier, 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 15658 (Ligonier)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,746 contributions totaling $151,027 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 281 contributions totaling $97,364 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $346 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)