Huston Township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania has a rich political history. The local government consists of three elected commissioners who are responsible for the day-to-day operations of the township. Additionally, residents of Huston Township elect a tax collector, road master and treasurer. The township also holds elections for positions on school boards and other local offices. In recent years, those running for office in Huston Township have included both Democrats and Republicans who advocate for issues such as education reform and preserving natural resources. These local candidates have attended debates to voice their opinions on current issues facing the community and have sought to work together toward solutions that will benefit all citizens of Huston Township.
The political climate in Huston township (Clearfield County), PA is strongly conservative.
Clearfield County, PA is very conservative. In Clearfield County, PA 24.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clearfield county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.9% to 24.5%.
Clearfield county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Huston township (Clearfield County), PA is strongly conservative.
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
DuBois 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.
Huston township (Clearfield 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 Huston township (Clearfield County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 160 contributions totaling $8,239 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 328 contributions totaling $126,662 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $386 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)