Fairview Township (Mercer County, PA) is a small community with strong civic pride. The town has a local government consisting of three elected supervisors. In recent years, the supervisors have been working to keep taxes low and promote economic development in the township. Elections for these offices are held every two years and provide residents with an opportunity to voice their opinions on important topics such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, and educational initiatives. Local candidates have a genuine desire to serve their community and work hard every day to make Fairview Township a great place to live.
The political climate in Fairview 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
Fairview 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.
Fairview 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 Fairview township (Mercer County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 259 contributions totaling $23,912 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 166 contributions totaling $19,506 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)