Cooperstown, PA is a small town located in the southeastern part of the state. It is a tight-knit community with a population of about 3,000 people and close ties to its neighbors and local businesses. Politically speaking, the town is fairly conservative and has been for many years. While there are no local political candidates running at this time, there are still numerous issues that the residents of Cooperstown take great interest in. Local topics such as education, economic development, and environmental sustainability have been among the most talked about issues in recent years, as well as some more national issues such as health care reform. The town also holds an annual election where residents can vote on various matters that will benefit their community. As a result of this commitment to local politics, Cooperstown remains an engaged and active community that puts forth its best effort to keep its citizens informed and involved in their local government.
The political climate in Cooperstown, PA is very conservative.
Venango County, PA is very conservative. In Venango County, PA 28.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Venango county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 28.5%.
Venango county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cooperstown, PA is very conservative.
Venango County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Oil City 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.
Cooperstown, 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 Cooperstown, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $12,698 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)