Nicholson Township is a small township located in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. The local politics of Nicholson Township are largely focused on services and programs that benefit the community. Some of the more prominent issues facing the township are infrastructure improvements, economic development, and providing quality education for local students. The town also has a strong sense of community pride, with citizens actively participating in civic events such as festivals and parades. The local government is led by an elected board of supervisors who work to ensure that the needs of the people living in Nicholson Township are being met. Recently, they have been working on initiatives like increasing public safety and improving access to recreational facilities. Additionally, there is an active engagement between citizens and their representatives in order to create a better quality of life for all within the township.
The political climate in Nicholson township (Fayette County), PA is strongly conservative.
Fayette County, PA is very conservative. In Fayette County, PA 32.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fayette county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 32.9%.
Fayette county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nicholson township (Fayette County), PA is strongly conservative.
Fayette County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Pittsburgh Metro Area is leaning 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.
Nicholson township (Fayette County), Pennsylvania: D d 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 Nicholson township (Fayette County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 90 contributions totaling $1,392 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 64 contributions totaling $4,802 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)