Union Township in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania is a predominately rural area with a population of approximately 3,000 people. It is governed by elected officials who serve on the Union Township Board of Supervisors. The board is responsible for making decisions and policies to effectively serve the township鈥檚 residents. In recent years, there has been an increase in local interest in politics, with citizens becoming increasingly involved in local elections. In 2020, three candidates ran for the open spots on the board of supervisors: Matt Gray, Herschel Swartz, and Royce Hansell. All three candidates expressed their commitment to maintaining and improving the quality of life for Union Township's residents through improved public safety services and sustainable economic development. Despite different political ideologies among them, all three candidates shared a common goal of making sure that Union Township was a safe place to live and work for all its residents.
The political climate in Union township (Jefferson County), PA is strongly 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
Union township (Jefferson County), PA is strongly conservative.
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania 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.
Union township (Jefferson County), 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 Union township (Jefferson County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 325 contributions totaling $26,205 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 106 contributions totaling $32,643 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $308 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)