Kittanning, Pennsylvania is a small town in Armstrong County, located about 40 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. Politically, the community leans conservatively and is represented by Republican Tom Marino in the U.S. House of Representatives and Pat Toomey in the U.S. Senate. Locally, Kittanning has a mayor-council form of government in which elected representatives make decisions regarding local matters such as taxation, public safety, zoning, and other municipal services. Kittanning also works closely with Armstrong County Government to manage economic development projects and initiatives for the benefit of its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 16201 (Kittanning, PA) is strongly conservative.
Armstrong County, PA is very conservative. In Armstrong County, PA 23.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Armstrong county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.5% to 23.2%.
Armstrong county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 16201 (Kittanning, PA) is strongly conservative.
Kittanning, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Armstrong 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.
Kittanning, 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 16201 (Kittanning)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 197 contributions totaling $21,545 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 302 contributions totaling $54,276 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $180 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)