South Shenango, PA is a small rural town located in the southern part of the state. It has a long and proud history of local political involvement and community engagement. Political candidates from many different parties have stepped up to serve the citizens of South Shenango over the years, all with a commitment to bettering their community. The candidates have varied in age, background, and political ideology but all are passionate about making South Shenango a great place to live and work. Voter turnout is typically high during elections as citizens come out in support of their favorite local political candidate. Together they strive to improve infrastructure, create jobs, and foster economic development for generations to come.
The political climate in South Shenango, PA is strongly conservative.
Crawford County, PA is very conservative. In Crawford County, PA 30.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crawford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.8% to 30.7%.
Crawford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South Shenango, PA is strongly conservative.
Crawford County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Meadville 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.
South Shenango, 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 South Shenango, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 147 contributions totaling $16,868 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $16,473 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)