Marion Township, located in Beaver County, PA, is a small community that is home to an active local political scene. The township is governed by the five-member Marion Township Board of Supervisors who are elected by the residents of the township and serve four-year terms. These supervisors work together to make important decisions that shape the future of their community. Additionally, Marion Township voters are active in electing candidates from both major parties to state and national offices. Every election season brings with it an influx of door-to-door canvassing, rallies, and debates as local politicians vie for their constituents’ votes. This lively atmosphere often reflects the current political climate on a larger scale. In general, Marion Township is proud to have such an active political atmosphere and its citizens take their right to vote seriously.
The political climate in Marion 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
Marion 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.
Marion 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 Marion township (Beaver County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,273 contributions totaling $217,811 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $171 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 569 contributions totaling $292,930 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $515 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)