Sugarcreek Borough, PA is a vibrant community located in Northeastern Pennsylvania. In terms of politics, the borough is served by the two major political parties – Democratic and Republican. The Democratic Party currently holds a majority in Sugarcreek Borough government with seven out of nine members representing the party. The local political candidates running for office are often from both parties and they work hard to ensure they are delivering on their promises to the residents of the borough. Elections season sees an influx of activity as candidates strive to make sure their voices are heard and their points of view known by the electorate. As such, local elections can be quite contentious but ultimately serve as an important democratic process in which the people can choose who will represent them in government.
The political climate in Sugarcreek, PA is strongly conservative.
Venango County, PA is very conservative. In Venango County, PA 28.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Venango county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 28.5%.
Venango county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sugarcreek, PA is strongly conservative.
Venango County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Oil City 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.
Sugarcreek, 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 Sugarcreek, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 763 contributions totaling $26,271 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 270 contributions totaling $41,301 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)