The small town of Karthaus, PA is home to roughly 500 people and has a rich history of political involvement. The community is represented by Senator John H. Eichelberger, Jr. in the State Senate and Representative Sara Caroline Innamorato in the State House of Representatives. Local politics are shaped by the residents’ commitment to preserving their hometown while developing it in ways that will benefit the entire community. Issues like protecting local businesses, keeping taxes low, expanding public services, and creating job opportunities for citizens are all important factors at play when discussing local politics in Karthaus. Every few years, elections take place for various offices on the local township board as well as school district directors and judges of election to ensure that local ordinances and laws are followed properly. All of this helps shape the future outlook for Karthaus, PA as residents work together to create a better tomorrow.
The political climate in Zip 16845 (Karthaus, PA) is very conservative.
Clearfield County, PA is very conservative. In Clearfield County, PA 24.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clearfield county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.9% to 24.5%.
Clearfield county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 16845 (Karthaus, PA) is very conservative.
Karthaus, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
DuBois 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.
Karthaus, 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 16845 (Karthaus)
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)