Butler Township is a political hub in Adams County, PA. Home to over 10,000 residents, Butler Township has an active civic and political presence. Politically, the township is run by five elected supervisors who are responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the township and representing their constituents' interests. At the county level, Butler Township is part of Adams County's 7th Congressional District which is represented in Congress by Rep. John Joyce. Locally, township elections occur every two years for supervisor positions and other municipal offices like tax collector, auditor, and treasurer. All voting for local offices takes place in November with most candidates running on both Democratic and Republican party lines. Furthermore, Butler Township holds monthly workshops regarding public safety and other community issues at its local government building. These meetings allow citizens to stay connected to their local government and provide valuable input on various topics that affect them directly.
The political climate in Butler township (Adams County), PA is strongly conservative.
Adams County, PA is very conservative. In Adams County, PA 32.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adams county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.1% to 32.1%.
Adams county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Butler township (Adams County), PA is strongly conservative.
Adams County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Gettysburg 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.
Butler township (Adams 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 Butler township (Adams County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,892 contributions totaling $133,158 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 564 contributions totaling $74,032 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)