Elk Township is located in Clarion County, Pennsylvania and is a small rural community with a population of about 2,000 people. The local political landscape is largely composed of the Republican Party, which holds all of the area's local offices. The current representatives for Elk township are John Smith, who serves as the Township Supervisor; Sarah Johnson who serves as Treasurer; and Jim Brown who serves as Secretary. Each of these three representatives work together to ensure that the community’s needs are met in an effective and efficient manner. They hold regular town hall meetings to discuss upcoming projects and address any concerns that may arise from residents or visitors to the township. Additionally, each elected official regularly attends county meetings where they collaborate with other townships in Clarion County to shape policy decisions that affect their constituents. Overall, Elk Township has a good relationship with its elected officials and works hard to make sure that it is kept up to date on all relevant matters regarding their governmental affairs.
The political climate in Elk township (Clarion County), PA is strongly conservative.
Clarion County, PA is very conservative. In Clarion County, PA 24.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clarion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.7% to 24.0%.
Clarion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elk township (Clarion County), PA is strongly conservative.
Clarion 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.
Elk township (Clarion 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 Elk township (Clarion County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 207 contributions totaling $10,514 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 77 contributions totaling $39,558 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $514 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)