Shenango Township, located in Mercer County, Pennsylvania is a small suburban community with a population of approximately 3,600 people. The township is governed by the Shenango Township Board of Supervisors, which consists of three members elected to serve four-year terms. Currently the board is comprised of President Deanna Snyder, Vice President Robert Gorzka and Secretary Chris Ackerman. The residents of Shenango Township have the opportunity to participate in local politics through their involvement in the election process for these representatives and by attending meetings where decisions that will impact their community are discussed and voted upon. Furthermore, the township works closely with county and state governments to ensure that its residents have access to quality services and amenities such as public safety, health care and educational opportunities. Through this collaboration between local government officials and the citizens of Shenango Township, the community can continue to strive as an inclusive environment for all who live there.
The political climate in Shenango township (Mercer County), PA is moderately conservative.
Mercer County, PA is strongly conservative. In Mercer County, PA 36.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mercer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.2% to 36.2%.
Mercer county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shenango township (Mercer County), PA is moderately conservative.
Mercer County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Shenango township (Mercer County), Pennsylvania: d 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 Shenango township (Mercer County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 644 contributions totaling $51,541 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 369 contributions totaling $84,684 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)