Murrysville, PA is a small town located in Pennsylvania with a population of around 20,000 people. It is a fairly politically active town, with its residents engaging in local politics and having their voices heard through voting and other forms of engagement. There are many different political candidates that the residents can choose from when it comes to elections for local positions such as mayor or city council members. The various candidates often hold debates and forums to discuss the issues that are important to the Murrysville community, allowing the public to gain insight into each candidate’s platforms before making an informed decision on who they would like to represent their interests. It is also common for the political candidates to host events within the town itself which provide even more opportunities for Murrysville citizens to engage in politics and form meaningful connections with their representatives.
The political climate in Zip 15632 (Murrysville, 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 15632 (Murrysville, PA) is strongly conservative.
Murrysville, 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.
Murrysville, 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 15632 (Murrysville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 274 contributions totaling $20,996 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 226 contributions totaling $92,774 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $411 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)