Darlington is a small borough located in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. While not a densely populated area, the community takes great pride in its political engagement. The town is run by a Mayor and seven council members who serve four year terms, with elections to fill those seats held every two years. All of the local candidates running for office are well known within the community and highly respected for their dedication to making Darlington an even better place to live. In recent years there have been some issues that have divided the local population on different sides of each issue, but these issues remain part of ongoing conversations within the town and everyone still works together towards common goals.
The political climate in Darlington township, PA is moderately conservative.
Beaver County, PA is moderately conservative. In Beaver County, PA 40.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beaver county remained very strongly Republican, 58.0% to 40.4%.
Beaver county voted Republican in the last four Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000 and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Darlington township, PA is moderately conservative.
Beaver 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.
Darlington township, 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 Darlington township, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 937 contributions totaling $41,403 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 401 contributions totaling $198,934 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $496 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)