Conneaut Township, in Erie County, Pennsylvania is a small township with a population of about 4,900 people. It has been home to many generations of families and is known for its close-knit communities and friendly atmosphere. The township is represented by a five-member Board of Supervisors who are responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Township government. The Board establishes policies that affect the residents and works to ensure that services such as police protection, building code enforcement, road maintenance, planning and zoning are provided. They also approve budgets and supervise financial activities as well as provide assistance to the community through services such as fire protection, snow removal and trash collection. The Board meets regularly to discuss issues related to Conneaut Township’s development and progress. All members serve four year terms with two seats up for election each year. Local elections occur every two years on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November when voters decide which candidates they want to represent them in the government offices of Conneaut Township.
The political climate in Conneaut township (Erie County), PA is somewhat conservative.
Erie County, PA is leaning liberal. In Erie County, PA 49.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Erie county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.7% to 48.6%.
Erie county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Conneaut township (Erie County), PA is somewhat conservative.
Erie County, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
Erie Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Conneaut township (Erie County), Pennsylvania: d d D D r d
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 Conneaut township (Erie County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 320 contributions totaling $11,007 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $9,819 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)