Pleasant Valley, PA is a small town located in the heart of Pennsylvania. It has a strong sense of community and everyone looks out for each other. Politically, Pleasant Valley is a fairly conservative area with many residents advocating for traditional values and policies. The mayor of Pleasant Valley is elected every four years and works closely with local council members to ensure the town's needs are met. The current mayor, Ryan Woodard, has been in office since 2017 and is running for re-election this year against two new candidates: Jessica Thompson and John White. Residents have been paying close attention to the election campaign as they want to make sure their voices are heard in the decision-making process. All three candidates have done an excellent job communicating their platforms to voters, and will be sure to provide Pleasant Valley with capable leadership no matter who wins the election.
The political climate in Pleasant Valley, PA is very conservative.
Potter County, PA is very conservative. In Potter County, PA 19.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Potter county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.7% to 19.0%.
Potter county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pleasant Valley, PA is very conservative.
Potter 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.
Pleasant Valley, 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 Pleasant Valley, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $2,041 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 111 contributions totaling $13,862 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)