Somerset Township is located in Somerset County, Pennsylvania and is home to around 10,000 people. The township is governed by a five-member Board of Supervisors responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the township. The board is elected by residents living within the township and each member鈥檚 term lasts four years. Currently, those members include Bill Miller, Linda Stahl, Jeff DeFranco, Robert Bell and Chuck Golden. They are responsible for making decisions regarding land use planning and zoning as well as safety issues like roads and bridges. They also approve budgets for the operating costs of the township. On top of that, they also oversee various departments including police services, fire services, recreation programs and public works department. These leaders work together to ensure the success and continued growth of their community.
The political climate in Somerset township, PA is strongly conservative.
Somerset County, PA is very conservative. In Somerset County, PA 21.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somerset county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.5% to 21.3%.
Somerset county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Somerset township, PA is strongly conservative.
Somerset County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Somerset 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.
Somerset township, 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 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 Somerset township, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 282 contributions totaling $21,284 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 336 contributions totaling $109,401 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $326 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)