Delaware Township in Mercer County, Pennsylvania has a long history of civic engagement and political involvement. It is home to numerous local government offices, like the township supervisors, police department, and school district. The township also elects representatives at the county, state, and national levels to advocate on its behalf. Additionally, Delaware Township is represented by several committees that actively work to address local issues and concerns such as public safety, land use planning, zoning regulations, taxation and more. Various organizations are also involved in the political process in the area including community groups, businesses associations, chambers of commerce and other non-profits. Residents of Delaware Township are encouraged to stay informed about current events and get involved in their local politics through voting in elections and engaging with their elected officials.
The political climate in Delaware township (Mercer County), PA is strongly conservative.
Mercer County, PA is strongly conservative. In Mercer County, PA 36.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mercer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.2% to 36.2%.
Mercer county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Delaware township (Mercer County), PA is strongly conservative.
Mercer County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Delaware township (Mercer County), Pennsylvania: d 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 Delaware township (Mercer County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 429 contributions totaling $32,666 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 335 contributions totaling $41,045 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)