Jackson Township in Mercer County, Pennsylvania is a small rural township with a population of just over 1,400. It is governed by a five-member Board of Supervisors elected to four-year terms. The board is responsible for setting policy and managing the township's day-to-day operations. Jackson Township's current supervisors are: Carmen L. Eddy, Raymond Miller, James Owens, John C. Russell and Roger Widder. With the support of its citizens, the Board of Supervisors work together to ensure that Jackson Township remains a safe and vibrant community. They take great pride in providing quality municipal services while preserving its small-town charm and sense of community spirit. They strive to maintain their strong financial position while encouraging economic development and civic engagement through various initiatives such as supporting local businesses by providing tax incentives to attract new business owners, encouraging the development of recreational facilities for public use and promoting an active lifestyle among residents through organized recreational programs.
The political climate in Jackson 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
Jackson 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.
Jackson 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 Jackson township (Mercer County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 502 contributions totaling $48,513 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 280 contributions totaling $31,552 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)