The small town of Forestville, Pennsylvania is home to a friendly and welcoming community that is involved in its local politics. The town is divided into five wards, each represented by a councilman elected by the citizens of their ward every four years. Each councilman is responsible for bringing forth ideas and initiatives to better the community and allowing residents to have a voice in government decisions. Additionally, the mayor is elected for a four-year term in office. The mayor has the power to create ordinances and policies, appoint officials, and deliver speeches on behalf of the town. As such, it's important that residents stay informed about who's running for office and actively participate in electing new representatives. Elections are held periodically throughout the year with voter registration opening prior to each election cycle allowing residents to have their voices heard and make sure their needs are met.
The political climate in Forestville, PA is moderately 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
Forestville, PA is moderately 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.
Forestville, 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 Forestville, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 643 contributions totaling $48,901 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 197 contributions totaling $128,114 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $650 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)