The politics of 16214 Clarion, PA are dominated by the Republican Party. Although there is a growing number of Democrats in the area, most county and state-level politicians are Republicans. Recent elections have seen a surge in Democratic voter turnout, yet Republican candidates still dominate the county's government offices. In 2020, local citizens will elect new representatives to their state legislature, with both parties vying for control over the district. As 16214 Clarion continues to grow and evolve, it will be interesting to see how its political landscape changes in the coming years.
The political climate in Zip 16214 (Clarion, PA) is strongly conservative.
Clarion County, PA is very conservative. In Clarion County, PA 24.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clarion county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.7% to 24.0%.
Clarion county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 16214 (Clarion, PA) is strongly conservative.
Clarion, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Clarion 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.
Clarion, 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 16214 (Clarion)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 681 contributions totaling $23,461 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 262 contributions totaling $51,010 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $195 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)