Taylorstown, PA is a small rural town located in the western part of the state. While Taylorstown does not have its own local government structure, it is represented on the county and state level by elected officials. These representatives are responsible for enacting laws and policies that affect their constituents in Taylorstown. On the county level, residents of Taylorstown are represented by a County Commissioner who is responsible for overseeing all county services such as law enforcement, public works, and parks and recreation. At the state level, Taylorstown residents are represented by their State Senator and House Representatives, who work to pass legislation at the statewide level that impacts all Pennsylvanians. Residents of Taylorstown are also able to voice their concerns directly to their representatives through voting and attending local town hall meetings. All these representatives work tirelessly to ensure that citizens of Taylorstown have a voice in their government and can make sure their needs are met.
The political climate in Taylorstown, PA is strongly conservative.
Washington County, PA is moderately conservative. In Washington County, PA 38.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.7% to 38.0%.
Washington county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Taylorstown, PA is strongly conservative.
Washington County, Pennsylvania is moderately 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.
Taylorstown, Pennsylvania: d d 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 Taylorstown, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 359 contributions totaling $11,710 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 134 contributions totaling $26,116 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)