Bradford, Pennsylvania is a small city located in McKean County. It has a long history of being politically active, with many of its local campaigns being incredibly close and competitive. The city is home to numerous political clubs and organizations, which are actively involved in the local political process. In addition to these groups, there are also a number of prominent politicians who have represented Bradford on the county and state level over the years. There is a high voter turnout in Bradford during elections, so it's important for candidates to have strong support from both sides of the aisle. The most recent election saw many hotly contested races and resulted in some surprising outcomes for many people living in Bradford. Regardless of who was elected, Bradford remains an important part of McKean County politics today and will undoubtedly continue to be a major player in the future.
The political climate in Bradford, PA is moderately conservative.
McKean County, PA is very conservative. In McKean County, PA 26.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McKean county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.2% to 26.1%.
McKean county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bradford, PA is moderately conservative.
McKean County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Bradford 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.
Bradford, 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 Bradford, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 163 contributions totaling $8,071 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 197 contributions totaling $553,861 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $2,811 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)