Elk Creek, PA is a small rural town located in the heart of Pennsylvania. While it is not a large city, it still has an active political presence that both residents and visitors find interesting. The town holds local elections for various positions such as mayor, city council members, and other governing officials. The majority of these officials are elected by the people of Elk Creek in order to ensure that their needs are heard and addressed. Furthermore, the town also plays an active role in state politics and is represented by two senators from Pennsylvania who work hard to uphold the values of the community. Overall, Elk Creek strives to be politically engaged, no matter how small its population may be.
The political climate in Elk Creek, PA is somewhat conservative.
Erie County, PA is leaning liberal. In Erie County, PA 49.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Erie county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.7% to 48.6%.
Erie county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elk Creek, PA is somewhat conservative.
Erie County, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
Erie Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Elk Creek, Pennsylvania: d d D D r d
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 Elk Creek, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 582 contributions totaling $53,943 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 103 contributions totaling $17,212 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)