Politics in 15847 Knox Dale, PA are heavily influenced by the state and local governments. The city is represented in the Pennsylvania General Assembly by the elected representatives of the 66th district, and in the US House of Representatives by Representative Glenn Thompson. At the local level, Knox Dale is governed by a mayor-council form of government consisting of a mayor and 7 council members who are all elected to four-year terms. The current mayor is Bob Smith, who was recently reelected for his second term. Issues that are important to Knox Dale’s residents include taxes, public safety, job creation and economic development. Over the past few years, mayoral candidates have campaigned on platforms to reduce crime rates, create more businesses within the city limits and increase access to quality education for children living in Knox Dale. As a result of these campaigns, crime has decreased significantly over time while job availability has increased as companies move into Knox Dale to take advantage of its thriving economy.
The political climate in Zip 15847 (Knox Dale, PA) is very conservative.
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
Zip 15847 (Knox Dale, PA) is very conservative.
Knox Dale, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania 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.
Knox Dale, 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 zip 15847 (Knox Dale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)