Geneva, Pennsylvania is a small borough situated on the northwest side of Beaver County. It is home to around 1,700 residents and has an interesting political history. The current mayor of Geneva is Paul Minerd, who was elected in 2019. He is supported by a Borough council consisting of seven members, all of whom are elected at-large. The local government follows a nonpartisan format which allows for voters to choose candidates without being tied to any particular party label.
The political climate in Geneva is generally conservative with most of the residents supporting Republican candidates at the state and national level. Despite this trend, Geneva still sees its fair share of heated debates between local political figures as they discuss issues that affect the town such as taxes and infrastructure projects. Residents also have an opportunity to get involved in local politics through attending city council meetings or running for office themselves.
The political climate in Geneva, PA is strongly conservative.
Crawford County, PA is very conservative. In Crawford County, PA 30.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crawford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.8% to 30.7%.
Crawford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Geneva, PA is strongly conservative.
Crawford County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Meadville 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.
Geneva, 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 Geneva, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 193 contributions totaling $2,300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $12 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $9,695 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)