Howard Borough, PA is an area with a rich political history and a diverse mix of residents. The borough has participated in local elections for many years, with voters having the opportunity to choose from a variety of candidates who represent them on the local level. In recent years, Howard's politics have been largely dominated by issues pertaining to economic development, environmental protection, and public safety. The borough has also seen increasing involvement from various ethnic and religious groups in the community who are looking to shape their environment for the better. Through both its elected officials and members of the community, Howard Borough continues to make sure that everyone is represented in its political landscape.
The political climate in Howard, PA is somewhat conservative.
Centre County, PA is leaning liberal. In Centre County, PA 51.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Centre county remained Democratic, 51.4% to 46.7%.
Centre county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Howard, PA is somewhat conservative.
Centre County, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
State College Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Howard, Pennsylvania: r r D d d d
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 Howard, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 239 contributions totaling $10,797 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $11,205 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $320 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)