St. Clairsville is a small borough located in the state of Pennsylvania. While the population of St. Clairsville is fairly small, it still has a thriving local political scene. As with most local governments in Pennsylvania, St. Clairsville operates under the Mayor-Council form of government where citizens elect a mayor and eight council members to lead the municipality. The mayor and council members are elected to four-year terms and all positions are nonpartisan. The current mayor and council members are dedicated to serving their constituents by promoting economic development, infrastructure maintenance, public safety, fiscal responsibility, and quality recreational programs for families. Additionally, St. Clairsville also has several different committees such as the Planning Commission, which meets regularly to review proposals for zoning ordinances and land developments throughout the borough. With an active local government and engaged citizens, St. Clairsville is on its way to becoming a prosperous borough for all who live there.
The political climate in St. Clairsville, PA is strongly conservative.
Bedford County, PA is very conservative. In Bedford County, PA 15.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bedford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.4% to 15.8%.
Bedford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Clairsville, PA is strongly conservative.
Bedford County, Pennsylvania 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.
St. Clairsville, 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 St. Clairsville, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $50 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)