Canaan, PA is located in the heart of Bucks County and is a small town committed to representing their citizens in the best way possible. The local government works hard to ensure that the community has the resources it needs for successful growth. The current mayor of Canaan, Steve Smith, was elected to office in 2017 and continues to be an advocate for his constituents. He is always looking for ways to improve the quality of life in Canaan and strives to provide meaningful services and programs for its citizens. Canaan also has three council members who work closely with Mayor Smith to ensure that all decisions made are beneficial for the residents of Canaan. They attend various events throughout the year and make sure that they stay up-to-date on local issues so they can properly represent their constituents.
The political climate in Canaan, PA is strongly conservative.
Wayne County, PA is very conservative. In Wayne County, PA 32.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wayne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 32.7%.
Wayne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Canaan, PA is strongly conservative.
Wayne 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.
Canaan, 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 Canaan, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 51 contributions totaling $5,454 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 120 contributions totaling $30,234 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)