Beaver Township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania is a small town steeped in history and tradition. With a population of just under 3,000 people, it is a tight-knit community where everyone knows each other. The politics in Beaver Township are no different from other towns of its size. Residents take an active interest in local elections, which feature candidates from both major political parties. Each candidate brings his or her own ideas to the table, and residents carefully consider all options before casting their votes. Local debates are often held in order for voters to understand and evaluate each candidate's stance on various issues that affect the town directly. While citizens of Beaver Township may differ on their individual political views, they are united in their commitment to serve the best interests of their community as a whole.
The political climate in Beaver township (Jefferson County), PA is strongly conservative.
Jefferson County, PA is very conservative. In Jefferson County, PA 19.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.5% to 19.8%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Beaver township (Jefferson County), PA is strongly conservative.
Jefferson 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.
Beaver township (Jefferson 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 Beaver township (Jefferson County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 97 contributions totaling $6,376 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $2,050 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $342 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)