Prospect, Pennsylvania is a small borough in Pennsylvania's Butler County. It has a long history of active political engagement, with local elections taking place every two years. Residents are encouraged to become informed about the issues facing the community and to participate in the political process by voting in local elections and attending town meetings. While 16052 Prospect, PA does not have any local political candidates to name, residents interested in politics can research those running for state and federal offices that represent their district. Additionally, there are several organizations located within the area that support various causes like environmental protection, civil rights issues, education reform and more. All these efforts work together to ensure that Prospect remains an engaged and politically involved community now and into the future.
The political climate in Zip 16052 (Prospect, 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 16052 (Prospect, PA) is strongly conservative.
Prospect, 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.
Prospect, 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 16052 (Prospect)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $754 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $4,285 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)