Eldred Township is located in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The Township is governed by a Board of Supervisors, who are elected to six-year terms. The Board of Supervisors is responsible for setting policy and approving the annual budget for the Township. The current board members include William Klinger, Thomas Morrone, and David Ambler. They manage a wide range of activities and decisions from roads and public safety to recreation and zoning ordinances. Additionally, Eldred Township participates in the Skyline School District which serves over 4500 students in grades K-12. There is also an active local political scene with many opportunities for citizens to get involved either through volunteering or voting in elections. All residents are encouraged to take part in their local government and help shape the future of Eldred Township.
The political climate in Eldred township (Schuylkill County), PA is very conservative.
Schuylkill County, PA is very conservative. In Schuylkill County, PA 29.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Schuylkill county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.1% to 29.3%.
Schuylkill county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Eldred township (Schuylkill County), PA is very conservative.
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Pottsville 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.
Eldred township (Schuylkill 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 (Schuylkill County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $24 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $12 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $564 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)