Jeannette, PA is a small city with a population of 7,500 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It has a mayor-council form of government and the current Mayor is Wilbert Curtis Jr. The City Council consists of seven members elected by the citizens of Jeannette. The Council works with the Mayor to establish policy and provide oversight for the City's departments. The Council also hears public comment at their regularly scheduled meetings and encourages citizen participation in local government. Through these meetings, local political candidates can present their platforms and connect with residents. These candidates provide an important opportunity for citizens to get involved in local politics and make decisions that affect their community.
The political climate in Jeannette, PA is somewhat 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
Jeannette, PA is somewhat 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.
Jeannette, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Jeannette, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 269 contributions totaling $26,518 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 86 contributions totaling $17,742 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)