Venango County is a small rural county in northwestern Pennsylvania. The county's politics are dominated by conservative values and the Republican party. The current political landscape is shaped by the views of local constituents, many of whom are passionate about protecting their way of life and preserving the county’s history. While grassroots organizations fight for progressive causes such as environmental protection and equal rights, Venango remains a staunchly red county that has maintained its conservative values for decades. Each election season sees dozens of candidates from both parties put forward their ideas, but ultimately the majority of votes go to Republican candidates who represent traditional values and support limited government involvement. It is clear that Venango is a politically divided county with no sign of compromise between the two sides anytime soon.
The political climate in 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
Venango County, PA 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.
Venango, 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 Venango County, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 933 contributions totaling $36,705 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 449 contributions totaling $73,669 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)