Bell Township is a small township located in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. It is known for its agricultural industry and peaceful, rural atmosphere. Although the population may be small, the political activity of Bell Township is anything but. The people of Bell Township are passionate about their political views and are actively engaged in local politics. Every election cycle sees a number of local candidates running for various positions such as town council, mayor or school board member. These candidates come from all backgrounds and represent a variety of viewpoints and ideologies. The people of Bell Township take the opportunity to voice their opinions by attending rallies and debates hosted by these candidates and casting their vote on Election Day. By participating in local politics, the citizens of Bell Township ensure that their voices are heard in government decisions that affect them directly.
The political climate in Bell 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
Bell 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.
Bell 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 Bell township (Clearfield County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $7,772 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 154 contributions totaling $38,371 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $249 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)