The politics in 16157 New Beaver, PA are largely dominated by the Republican party due to the town's conservative demographic. While there may not be any major political candidates running for office in the area, residents of New Beaver take their civic duty seriously and participate in local elections. During election season, people can usually find plenty of political yard signs and posters advocating for various candidates across the state. Local debates between politicians are also held at local venues around town, allowing citizens to gain a better understanding of who they are voting for. Regardless of which candidate is chosen, the residents of 16157 New Beaver generally have similar values when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Zip 16157 (New Beaver, PA) is strongly conservative.
Lawrence County, PA is strongly conservative. In Lawrence County, PA 34.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lawrence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 34.6%.
Lawrence county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 16157 (New Beaver, PA) is strongly conservative.
New Beaver, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Lawrence County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
New Castle Metro Area is strongly 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.
New Beaver, Pennsylvania: d 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 16157 (New Beaver)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $329 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $1,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $533 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)