Summit Township in Butler County, PA is a small community of about 2,300 people. It is governed by an elected Board of Supervisors that are responsible for the day-to-day operations and management of the township. The Board meets regularly to discuss local issues and make decisions on taxation, infrastructure projects, and other matters related to the community. There is also a mayor who serves as the head of the government and is responsible for coordinating services provided by various departments within the township. In addition to the local government officials, Summit Township also has representation in Congress as part of Pennsylvania’s 16th Congressional District. The citizens have access to many resources provided by their elected officials including assistance with tax filing, free legal services, emergency services, voting rights education, and other civic responsibilities. As a small community in Butler County, PA Summit Township is reflective of many communities across the country facing similar challenges and opportunities.
The political climate in Summit township (Butler County), PA is strongly 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
Summit township (Butler County), PA is strongly 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.
Summit township (Butler County), 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 Summit township (Butler County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 789 contributions totaling $73,766 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 838 contributions totaling $622,263 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $743 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)