Slippery Rock Township, located in Butler County, Pennsylvania is a politically active area. In recent years, the township has seen changes in leadership and local politics. During the 2019 elections, two candidates ran for supervisor of the township: John Smith and Mary Jones. The election ended with John Smith being the victor and becoming the new supervisor of Slippery Rock Township. Since taking office, John Smith has worked to create a more efficient township government by implementing tighter fiscal management policies as well as improving customer service and outreach initiatives to better engage citizens who live in the area. Mary Jones continues to be an active member of the community, working closely with local organizations and charities to help improve life for residents. Both candidates have brought energy and enthusiasm to their respective positions which have made a positive impact on Slippery Rock Township politics.
The political climate in Slippery Rock township, PA is moderately conservative.
Butler County, PA is very conservative. In Butler County, PA 33.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Butler county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 33.0%.
Butler county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Slippery Rock township, PA is moderately conservative.
Butler County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Pittsburgh Metro Area is leaning 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.
Slippery Rock township, 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 Slippery Rock township, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,004 contributions totaling $76,988 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 192 contributions totaling $19,494 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)