Jenks, PA is a small town known for its tight-knit community and local politics. The political scene in Jenks is quite a lively one with many different opinions about how the local government should run. The mayor and town council are elected by the residents of Jenks, providing them with an opportunity to directly influence their own government. Candidates running for office need to be aware of the needs of the community and make sure they represent their constituents' values in order to be successful. Most importantly, however, is that all citizens have a chance to participate in the process by registering to vote and casting their ballot each election cycle. In this way, the citizens of Jenks keep their local politics alive and engaged within the community.
The political climate in Jenks, PA is strongly conservative.
Forest County, PA is very conservative. In Forest County, PA 27.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Forest county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.9% to 27.4%.
Forest county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jenks, PA is strongly conservative.
Forest County, Pennsylvania 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.
Jenks, 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 Jenks, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 168 contributions totaling $11,174 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $4,260 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)