McGovern, Pennsylvania is a small town located in the rural countryside of the state. It is a close-knit community primarily governed by local elected officials on the Town Council. These officials are tasked with making decisions that impact their constituents on a daily basis. The issues they tackle often involve decisions related to infrastructure, public safety, taxation and other topics of importance to McGovern's residents. Every four years, local political candidates campaign for votes in order to take office and serve their community on the Town Council. Residents must take time to learn about each candidate, their values, beliefs and platforms before casting their ballot with confidence. This ensures that only the most qualified individuals are appointed and can work towards creating an even better future for all who live in McGovern, PA.
The political climate in Zip 15342 (McGovern, PA) is moderately conservative.
Washington County, PA is moderately conservative. In Washington County, PA 38.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 38.0%.
Washington county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 15342 (McGovern, PA) is moderately conservative.
McGovern, Pennsylvania is moderately conservative.
Washington County, Pennsylvania is moderately 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.
McGovern, Pennsylvania: d d 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 15342 (McGovern)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $2,052 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $2,280 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)