Schuylkill Township is a political subdivision located in Chester County, Pennsylvania. The township government is comprised of five supervisors who are elected at-large by the citizens of the township and serve four-year terms. The supervisors are responsible for setting policy for the township, administering and managing its finances, preparing an annual budget, appointing certain township personnel, and other miscellaneous duties as required by law. The township also has several committees and commissions that provide additional input on various issues affecting Schuylkill Township. Recently, there have been numerous issues that have been debated in local politics such as land use regulations, tax rates, local development projects, road improvements, and more. Local elections take place every two years in Schuylkill Township and candidates for office must be registered Republican or Democrat to run for office in the township.
The political climate in Schuylkill township (Chester County), PA is leaning liberal.
Chester County, PA is moderately liberal. In Chester County, PA 57.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chester county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.8% to 40.7%.
Chester county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Schuylkill township (Chester County), PA is leaning liberal.
Chester County, Pennsylvania is moderately liberal.
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington Metro Area is strongly liberal.
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.
Schuylkill township (Chester County), Pennsylvania: r r d r d D
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 Schuylkill township (Chester County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,406 contributions totaling $190,562 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 934 contributions totaling $325,628 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $349 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)