Blue Ridge Summit, PA is a small rural town located in Franklin County. With a population of just over 600 people, it is one of the smaller towns in the area. The local government consists of a mayor and five council members elected by the citizens of Blue Ridge Summit. Community involvement is encouraged and initiatives such as farmer’s markets and other events are supported by the local government. In recent years, Blue Ridge Summit has seen an increase in political activism from its citizens who are passionate about issues such as environmental preservation, economic development, and social justice. Local political candidates have been encouraged to run for office and reach out to the community as a whole. As a result, the town has become more engaged in politics and its citizens are taking an active role in their local government.
The political climate in Blue Ridge Summit, PA is strongly conservative.
Franklin County, PA is very conservative. In Franklin County, PA 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.7% to 27.7%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Blue Ridge Summit, PA is strongly conservative.
Franklin County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Chambersburg-Waynesboro 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.
Blue Ridge Summit, 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 Blue Ridge Summit, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 229 contributions totaling $3,512 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $3,938 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)