Hegins Township, in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, is an unincorporated community with a rich history and many current resources. Despite its small size, the community is home to several local businesses, restaurants and parks. Additionally, Hegins Township boasts a strong sense of civic pride amongst its residents. Local political engagement is also high in the township; from participating in elections to engaging with their representatives, citizens are actively involved in their local government. The township government consists of three supervisors serving three-year terms and various other officials including the tax collector and treasurer. Currently there are no local political candidates running for office in Hegins Township but the people still remain active participants in the future plans for their community by attending town hall meetings and engaging in public discourse.
The political climate in Hegins township, PA is strongly conservative.
Schuylkill County, PA is very conservative. In Schuylkill County, PA 29.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Schuylkill county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.1% to 29.3%.
Schuylkill county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hegins township, PA is strongly conservative.
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Pottsville 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.
Hegins township, 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 Hegins township, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $1,928 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $3,060 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)