The politics of 16063 Zelienople, PA are largely dominated by the Republican party, which has enjoyed a longstanding majority in the area. While Democrats do have representation in local government, Republicans typically hold the majority of offices. Local elections often focus on fiscal responsibility and maintaining a small-town feel for Zelienople. Residents are active in civic engagement and work hard to ensure that their voices are heard at all levels of government. The town has its own elected officials who work with state and federal officials to ensure the best interests of the community are represented. Additionally, community members take part in local initiatives such as the annual Easter Egg Hunt, street fairs, and other events throughout the year that bring people together from all parts of town.
The political climate in Zip 16063 (Zelienople, 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 16063 (Zelienople, PA) is strongly conservative.
Zelienople, 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.
Zelienople, 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 16063 (Zelienople)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 260 contributions totaling $167,567 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $644 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 118 contributions totaling $17,774 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)