The small town of 15690 Vandergrift, PA is a medium sized city located in Western Pennsylvania. The city has a history of strong political engagement from its citizens and is home to several important local political organizations. Resident involvement in politics helps shape the future of Vandergrift and its surrounds. In recent years, there have been a number of important local election contests for Mayor, City Council and School Board positions. Local politicians are focused on ensuring that the city maintains its vibrant sense of community while continuing to develop infrastructure projects that will help improve the quality of life for all citizens. As these elections continue to be held, residents will be able to make sure their voices are heard and their concerns addressed as they work together to build a better future for their community.
The political climate in Zip 15690 (Vandergrift, PA) is moderately 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 15690 (Vandergrift, PA) is moderately conservative.
Vandergrift, Pennsylvania is moderately 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.
Vandergrift, 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 15690 (Vandergrift)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 163 contributions totaling $6,435 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $5,043 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)