Cherry Valley, PA is a small town with a population of around 5,000 people. It is located in southeastern Pennsylvania and has one mayor that serves the entire community. The mayor is elected every four years by popular vote and is responsible for overseeing all the day-to-day operations of the town. Every year, local political candidates come forward to run for mayor and other positions including council members and various other local offices. These candidates are typically comprised of long-time residents of Cherry Valley who have a vested interest in the future of their community. They have deep ties to Cherry Valley's history and culture, as well as understanding of its current needs and issues. The elections are always hotly contested by all sides, thus ensuring that the people’s voice is heard during this important time.
The political climate in Cherry Valley, PA is strongly conservative.
Butler County, PA is very conservative. In Butler County, PA 33.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 33.0%.
Butler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cherry Valley, PA is strongly conservative.
Butler County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Pittsburgh Metro Area is leaning 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.
Cherry Valley, 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 Cherry Valley, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $976 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 53 contributions totaling $3,257 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)