Brush Valley, PA is a small rural town located in central Pennsylvania. Despite its size, it has an active political scene. Local organizations and individuals participate in debates, rallies, and meetings to discuss issues that are important to the community. These conversations range from local budgeting decisions to broader initiatives such as environmental protection and civil rights. Candidates for local government offices have spoken out on these issues during their campaigns, offering up their plans for how they would improve the lives of Brush Valley's residents if elected. Residents of Brush Valley take these races seriously, attending candidate forums and voting with enthusiasm in local elections. The outcome of these elections can have a direct impact on how this small town moves forward into the future.
The political climate in Brush Valley, PA is very conservative.
Indiana County, PA is very conservative. In Indiana County, PA 30.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Indiana county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 30.6%.
Indiana county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brush Valley, PA is very conservative.
Indiana County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Indiana 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.
Brush Valley, 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 Brush Valley, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 948 contributions totaling $79,606 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 818 contributions totaling $1,141,843 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,396 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)