Richland Township (Cambria Cnty), PA is served by a 3-member Board of Supervisors, with each member serving a six year term. The current Supervisors are Mark Baldauf, John “Soup” Campbell and Jeffrey Spangler. Much of the focus of the township government revolves around maintaining roads and infrastructure, zoning laws, overseeing recreation areas and providing services for residents such as trash collection. Richland Township also works in cooperation with municipalities in Cambria County to promote economic development throughout the region. Local leaders work together to attract businesses to the area which helps to spur job growth and improve quality of life. Residents here enjoy a high level of political engagement, as they take part in local elections and actively voice their opinions on issues that affect them.
The political climate in Richland township (Cambria County), PA is moderately conservative.
Cambria County, PA is very conservative. In Cambria County, PA 30.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cambria county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 30.7%.
Cambria county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richland township (Cambria County), PA is moderately conservative.
Cambria County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Johnstown 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.
Richland township (Cambria County), Pennsylvania: d r d 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 Richland township (Cambria County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 586 contributions totaling $65,550 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 721 contributions totaling $358,765 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $498 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)