Pine Township in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania is a small rural township with an estimated population of 1,800 people. It has a long history of local politics and strong civic engagement from its citizens. Local elections are held every two years to determine the board of supervisors who manage the township's affairs. These elections are usually contested by at least two candidates from each party and voters have the opportunity to decide which candidate will best represent them and their interests. The township also has a long-standing tradition of hosting town hall meetings to discuss important issues and make decisions that affect all residents in Pine Township. This tradition is still upheld today, giving citizens the chance to engage directly with their elected representatives and express their opinions on matters that affect them directly.
The political climate in Pine township (Clearfield County), PA is strongly conservative.
Clearfield County, PA is very conservative. In Clearfield County, PA 24.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clearfield county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.9% to 24.5%.
Clearfield county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pine township (Clearfield County), PA is strongly conservative.
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
DuBois 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.
Pine township (Clearfield 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 Pine township (Clearfield County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 379 contributions totaling $10,733 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 194 contributions totaling $51,320 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $265 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)