Chest Township, located in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania is a rural community that values the importance of local politics. The township is governed by a three-member board of supervisors who oversee the roads, taxes, zoning and other day-to-day operations. The board also works to ensure that all residents have access to the services they need. Additionally, Chest Township has engaged citizens who are politically active and participate in local elections to determine who will be representing them at the township level. Residents are committed to making sure their voices are heard and that their concerns and opinions are considered when it comes to local decisions. In this way, Chest Township is an example of how citizens can make a difference in their communities by being actively involved in local politics.
The political climate in Chest 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
Chest 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.
Chest 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 Chest township (Clearfield County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $315 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $11 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $10,515 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)