Pine Creek Township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania is a rural community that is known for its strong sense of community and neighborly spirit. The township has two main governing bodies; the Pine Creek Township Board of Supervisors and the Pine Creek Township Advisory Committee. The Board of Supervisors is responsible for all the governing decisions, such as maintaining public roads, setting tax rates and overseeing local zoning regulations. The Advisory Committee is made up of citizens who provide advice on various issues affecting the township's growth and development. They are also responsible for bringing potential projects to the attention of the Board of Supervisors.
Local politics in Pine Creek Township involve a wide range of topics from economic development opportunities to environmental initiatives. Residents take an active role in their local government and elect supervisors to represent them on the Board of Supervisors. Elections are held every two years with candidates presenting their platforms before residents in order to gain support for their respective candidacy. In addition to the election process, residents can voice their opinions by attending board meetings or simply speaking with their elected representatives about important issues that affect them directly.
The political climate in Pine Creek township (Jefferson County), PA is strongly conservative.
Jefferson County, PA is very conservative. In Jefferson County, PA 19.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.5% to 19.8%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pine Creek township (Jefferson County), PA is strongly conservative.
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania 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 Creek township (Jefferson 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 Creek township (Jefferson County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 314 contributions totaling $25,818 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 98 contributions totaling $30,512 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $311 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)