Lincoln Township (Somerset County), PA is a small rural community located in the center of the county. The township is governed by a three-member Board of Supervisors who are elected to four-year terms. The supervisors, in conjunction with the Township Secretary and Treasurer, are responsible for local laws and ordinances, budgets, and other issues involving the welfare of the residents of Lincoln Township. Recent topics that have been discussed include infrastructure improvements, economic development initiatives, recreation programs, public safety concerns, and environmental issues. The current Board of Supervisors have shown a commitment to open government by providing timely and transparent information related to their governance activities. They strive to engage citizens in decisions while representing the best interests of all citizens within Lincoln Township.
The political climate in Lincoln township (Somerset County), PA is very conservative.
Somerset County, PA is very conservative. In Somerset County, PA 21.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somerset county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.5% to 21.3%.
Somerset county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lincoln township (Somerset County), PA is very conservative.
Somerset County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Somerset Metro Area 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.
Lincoln township (Somerset 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 Lincoln township (Somerset County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 433 contributions totaling $23,813 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 596 contributions totaling $203,203 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $341 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)