Forward Township, located in Butler County, Pennsylvania, is a small and tight-knit community where local politics are of great importance. In recent years, the township has seen numerous changes to its political landscape, with many new candidates emerging for various positions. Residents have been passionate and active in advocating for the issues they care about, including education reform and economic growth in the area. There have been several mayoral elections in Forward Township and each has brought out an array of candidates who bring different perspectives to the table. The most recent election saw three candidates vying for the position with intense campaigning from all sides. Ultimately, the residents chose their candidate based on which individual they believed had the best ideas for improving the quality of life for everyone in Forward Township. As such, it is clear that local politics are of great import to the residents of Forward Township.
The political climate in Forward township (Butler County), PA is strongly conservative.
Butler County, PA is very conservative. In Butler County, PA 33.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 33.0%.
Butler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Forward township (Butler County), PA is strongly conservative.
Butler County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Pittsburgh Metro Area is leaning 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.
Forward township (Butler 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 Forward township (Butler County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 400 contributions totaling $47,209 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $118 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 410 contributions totaling $390,623 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $953 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)