Politics in 16046 Mars, PA is quite active with a lot of different candidates running for local office. Residents can vote for the mayors and city council members who are responsible for making decisions on how to best manage the city’s resources. There are also several school board positions that are elected by residents, which help ensure that students receive the best education possible. These candidates often engage with the community to understand their needs and make sure they are taken into account when electing officials. Additionally, there is an active political discussion surrounding state and federal issues that affect citizens living in Mars. Residents here stay informed about what's going on in politics and take part in debates about current events while staying engaged with the community.
The political climate in Zip 16046 (Mars, PA) is strongly 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
Zip 16046 (Mars, PA) is strongly conservative.
Mars, Pennsylvania is strongly 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.
Mars, 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 16046 (Mars)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 648 contributions totaling $124,195 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 296 contributions totaling $122,413 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $414 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)