New Castle Township is located in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The town is governed by a three-member Board of Supervisors, who are elected to serve a six-year term. The board members act as the legislative arm of the township and develop laws and ordinances to promote public safety and welfare. They are responsible for enacting zoning regulations, setting policy on taxation matters, managing public works projects, overseeing the budget process, and coordinating with other local governments on various issues. There are also several committees in place such as the planning commission which makes recommendations to the supervisors on land use issues. Residents have an opportunity to get involved in local politics through volunteering or attending meetings and voicing their opinions. Through engaging with their local government, residents can be sure that their community is being looked after properly and that their voice is heard in decisions being made about New Castle Township.
The political climate in New Castle township (Schuylkill County), PA is moderately conservative.
Schuylkill County, PA is very conservative. In Schuylkill County, PA 29.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Schuylkill county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.1% to 29.3%.
Schuylkill county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Castle township (Schuylkill County), PA is moderately conservative.
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Pottsville 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.
New Castle township (Schuylkill 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 New Castle township (Schuylkill County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 862 contributions totaling $57,735 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 240 contributions totaling $157,839 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $658 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)