Beaver borough, PA is a small town located in western Pennsylvania. The politics in Beaver borough are mainly conservative and the Republican party dominates the political scene. The town is represented by local politicians such as Senator Joe Pittman, Representative Aaron Bernstine, and Rep. Jim Marshall, who are all Republicans. Local elections focus heavily on issues such as infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, education reform, and economic development. In addition to these core issues, candidates also discuss their views on gun control, health care reform, taxes and more. Voter turnout for local elections is usually fairly high due to the importance of the issues that are being discussed. Despite differences in opinion on certain issues among candidates and voters alike, Beaver borough still remains relatively unified when it comes to its core values and ideals regarding politics.
The political climate in Beaver, PA is somewhat conservative.
Beaver County, PA is moderately conservative. In Beaver County, PA 40.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beaver county remained very strongly Republican, 58.0% to 40.4%.
Beaver county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Beaver, PA is somewhat conservative.
Beaver County, Pennsylvania is moderately 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.
Beaver, 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 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 Beaver, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 305 contributions totaling $44,274 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 324 contributions totaling $83,698 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)