Fredonia, PA is a small town located in western Pennsylvania. Although it is a small town, the politics of Fredonia are still an important part of life here. The town is governed by an elected mayor and five-member council who work together to make decisions for the betterment of the community. Residents of Fredonia have the opportunity to participate in local elections and vote for their preferred candidates. Each candidate must address issues that are important to the people of Fredonia such as infrastructure, economic development, public safety and education. Every four years residents participate in a mayoral election with all candidates having the same goal: to serve and represent their constituents’ needs and interests. In addition to voting for local political candidates, Fredonians also have the chance to get involved in state and national politics by participating in party activities or attending rallies or debates. By getting involved citizens can have a say about important policies that affect their lives while giving them a sense of belonging within their community as well.
The political climate in Fredonia, PA is moderately 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
Fredonia, PA is moderately 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.
Fredonia, 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 Fredonia, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $715 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)