Sheffield, PA is a small borough in Warren County located in northwestern Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population of the borough was 1,516 people. Political representation in Sheffield consists of a mayor and four council members elected to serve four-year terms. The current mayor is Gordon DeMatteo, who has served since 2012. The other council members include Elsie Houseman, Dave Smith, Steve Fisher, and Robert Hartzel. All are members of the Republican Party and have been elected to office for multiple terms. These representatives are active in their roles and have worked together to keep taxes low while maintaining quality services for residents. They also strive to ensure that Sheffield’s infrastructure continues to improve and remain attractive to business development within the area.
The political climate in Sheffield, PA is moderately conservative.
Warren County, PA is very conservative. In Warren County, PA 29.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Warren county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 29.4%.
Warren county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sheffield, PA is moderately conservative.
Warren County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Warren Metro Area is very 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.
Sheffield, 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 Sheffield, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $1,841 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $23,750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,827 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)