Jefferson County, Pennsylvania is a vibrant and diverse community located in the southwestern region of the state. The county is home to various local businesses and is an important contributor to the state’s economy. Politically, Jefferson County has seen a long history of both Democratic and Republican candidates vying for local offices. In recent years, several local leaders have worked tirelessly to promote economic development initiatives and improve educational opportunities for area youth. Currently, two Republicans – Tom Smith and Wilbur Long – are running for re-election as Commissioners of Jefferson County while Democrats Michele Knepper and Michael Reiter are running for County Treasurer and Sheriff, respectively. Both parties represent different views on how Jefferson County should be governed yet their shared commitment to serve the community will no doubt guide their leadership in years to come.
The political climate in Jefferson County, PA is very conservative.
In Jefferson County, PA 19.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jefferson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.5% to 19.8%.
Jefferson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jefferson County, PA is very conservative.
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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.
Jefferson, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Jefferson County, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 580 contributions totaling $45,430 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 358 contributions totaling $193,169 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $540 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)