Chatham, PA is a small community located in Pennsylvania with a population of approximately 4,000 people. Although the population of Chatham is relatively small, there are still many local political candidates who are vying for the residents’ support. Local elections play an important role in shaping the politics of any community and the people of Chatham take their voting rights very seriously. From county commissioners to borough council members, residents of Chatham have several options when it comes to choosing who should represent them on a local level. Residents also participate actively in town hall meetings and other public events related to politics and governance. This helps them stay informed about current issues that affect their community, as well as giving them an opportunity to express their views and opinions on how they think these issues should be handled. As such, politics in Chatham are very transparent and participatory for all involved.
The political climate in Chatham, PA is very conservative.
Tioga County, PA is very conservative. In Tioga County, PA 23.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tioga county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.5% to 23.5%.
Tioga county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chatham, PA is very conservative.
Tioga 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.
Chatham, 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 Chatham, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 701 contributions totaling $31,810 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 189 contributions totaling $30,825 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)