The town of 15478 Smithfield, PA is an active and engaged community with a vibrant local politics. The citizens are passionate about the issues that affect them the most and take pride in having a say in decisions that shape their city. Local elections are held every two years to elect representatives to serve in City Council and other offices. These representatives are responsible for making decisions that will have an impact on the entire community, from creating new policies to addressing local concerns. The citizens of 15478 Smithfield, PA take their voting very seriously and are proud of their civic responsibility as it allows them to have a direct influence on the political process. Even though population figures are not included, it is clear that this small town is an important part of the state's political landscape.
The political climate in Zip 15478 (Smithfield, PA) is strongly conservative.
Fayette County, PA is very conservative. In Fayette County, PA 32.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 32.9%.
Fayette county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 15478 (Smithfield, PA) is strongly conservative.
Smithfield, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Fayette 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.
Smithfield, 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 15478 (Smithfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $357 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $9 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $3,846 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)