Hanover Township, located in Beaver County, Pennsylvania is an important area politically. The Township is part of the 5th Congressional district and is mainly represented in the statehouse by Republican legislators. There are many local organizations that are active in advocating for the needs of the citizens of Hanover Township, including grassroots groups like the Hanover Township Citizens Advisory Council and local political clubs. The township also holds various elections each year to elect representatives at the municipal level who then represent their constituents at higher levels of government. In recent years, these elections have seen a lot more participation from voters as residents become increasingly aware of their voting rights and responsibilities.
The political climate in Hanover township (Beaver County), PA is moderately conservative.
Beaver County, PA is moderately conservative. In Beaver County, PA 40.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beaver county remained very strongly Republican, 58.0% to 40.4%.
Beaver county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hanover township (Beaver County), PA is moderately conservative.
Beaver County, Pennsylvania is moderately 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.
Hanover township (Beaver County), Pennsylvania: d d 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 Hanover township (Beaver County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,064 contributions totaling $69,479 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 226 contributions totaling $625,720 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,769 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)