Wells township is located in Fulton County, Pennsylvania and is a rural area with a population of just over 1,000 people. The local government is comprised of three supervisors who act as the legislative body and are elected from the public. An elected tax collector handles all taxation matters and an appointed secretary oversees administrative functions. The supervisors are responsible for making decisions related to the budget, roads, parks, zoning, and various other functions that affect the quality of life in Wells Township. Each supervisor is elected for a four year term every two years. Political candidates for these positions must be able to demonstrate their commitment to their community by showing leadership skills and dedication to serving the local residents while also ensuring fiscal responsibility.
The political climate in Wells township (Fulton County), PA is very conservative.
Fulton County, PA is very conservative. In Fulton County, PA 13.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fulton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.4% to 13.6%.
Fulton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wells township (Fulton County), PA is very conservative.
Fulton County, Pennsylvania 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.
Wells township (Fulton 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 Wells township (Fulton County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)