Paint Township in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, is a tight-knit community that values its local politics. The township is run by an elected Board of Supervisors, who work together to make decisions about the welfare of the township. They are responsible for overseeing the administration of local services and programs, addressing important issues that affect residents, and making sure that public funds are spent responsibly. Residents also elect officials for offices like tax collector and auditor, as well as representatives from school boards to serve on the Paint Township Council. In addition to these leaders, there are numerous committees and organizations within the township that give citizens the opportunity to participate in local government. It's clear that Paint Township takes its politics seriously and values every voice in their community.
The political climate in Paint township, PA is strongly 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
Paint township, PA is strongly 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.
Paint township, 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 Paint township, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 94 contributions totaling $1,693 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 148 contributions totaling $13,630 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)