Elk Township in Warren County, Pennsylvania is a small rural area with a population of about 3,000 people. As a result of its size and location, local politics are largely focused on issues pertinent to the everyday lives of the people that live there. Prominent topics include infrastructure improvements such as road and bridge maintenance, public safety concerns like fire protection and emergency services, and environmental protection initiatives. Local candidates often emphasize their commitment to these topics while campaigning for office. In addition to discussing specific policy plans, they focus on their community involvement and long-term commitment to improving the quality of life in the Township.
The political climate in Elk township (Warren County), PA is strongly conservative.
Warren County, PA is very conservative. In Warren County, PA 29.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Warren county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.9% to 29.4%.
Warren county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elk township (Warren County), PA is strongly conservative.
Warren County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Warren 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.
Elk township (Warren County), 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 Elk township (Warren County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 330 contributions totaling $22,420 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 336 contributions totaling $72,023 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)