Valley Township in Chester County, Pennsylvania is home to a diverse community of many ages and backgrounds. Those living in the township are represented by the local government, which consists of a Board of Supervisors and an appointed professional staff. The Board of Supervisors is responsible for setting policy, overseeing the budget, and making sure that all residents are served with quality services.
The local political scene in Valley Township is quite active, as it encompasses parts of both West Grove Borough and London Britain Township. Candidates typically focus on issues such as property taxes, infrastructure improvements, economic development initiatives, public safety measures, and environmental protection efforts. Residents can make their voices heard by attending Board of Supervisors’ meetings or by voting in local elections. With many candidates running for office each election cycle, there is always something to consider when deciding who should represent them in Valley Township government.
The political climate in Valley township (Chester County), PA is leaning liberal.
Chester County, PA is moderately liberal. In Chester County, PA 57.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 40.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chester county remained very strongly Democratic, 57.8% to 40.7%.
Chester county voted Democratic in 2020, 2016 and 2008, and voted Republican in 2012, 2004 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Valley township (Chester County), PA is leaning liberal.
Chester County, Pennsylvania is moderately liberal.
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington Metro Area is strongly liberal.
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.
Valley township (Chester County), Pennsylvania: r r d r d D
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 Valley township (Chester County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,738 contributions totaling $279,936 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 904 contributions totaling $599,980 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $664 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)