Mill Creek Township, located in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, is a small rural community with a population of around 1,000 people. Despite its size, the township has an active political presence. Every two years, local citizens have the chance to elect members of both parties to serve on the Township Board of Supervisors. This board is responsible for setting and overseeing policies that affect the residents of Mill Creek Township. Additionally, voters can choose their representatives in state and national elections each November. Issues from road paving and taxes to gun control and health care reform are debated and discussed before the voting public during these election seasons. Ultimately, it is up to the citizens of Mill Creek Township to make their voices heard and choose who will represent them in government at all levels.
The political climate in Mill Creek 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
Mill Creek 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.
Mill Creek 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 Mill Creek township (Mercer County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $5,190 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $346 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $1,685 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)