Eldred Township, located in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, is an area with a long history of political involvement. The township holds local elections every two years and citizens are highly encouraged to exercise their right to vote. There have been many candidates that have run for office in this area over the years, including representatives from both major parties. In addition to electing officials to serve in town council and school board roles, the citizens of Eldred Township also select judges and other county-level positions during certain election cycles. Regardless of which candidate they voted for, the people of Eldred Township take pride in their civic duty.
The political climate in Eldred township (Jefferson County), PA is very conservative.
Jefferson County, PA is very conservative. In Jefferson County, PA 19.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.5% to 19.8%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Eldred township (Jefferson County), PA is very conservative.
Jefferson 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.
Eldred township (Jefferson 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 Eldred township (Jefferson County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 315 contributions totaling $25,823 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 104 contributions totaling $30,763 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $296 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)