Lawrence Park Township, PA is a small township located in Erie County. The township has a rich history, having been founded in 1821 by Amos and Julius Lawrence. Politically speaking, the township is represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Representative Mike Kelly, as well as Pennsylvania's senator Bob Casey Jr. On the local level, there are multiple candidates running for various positions ranging from township supervisor to treasurer to auditor. Lawrence Park Township is an active political area that encourages civic engagement and participation from its citizens so that their voices can be heard on important issues affecting the community.
The political climate in Lawrence Park township, PA is leaning conservative.
Erie County, PA is leaning liberal. In Erie County, PA 49.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Erie county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.7% to 48.6%.
Erie county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lawrence Park township, PA is leaning conservative.
Erie County, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
Erie 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.
Lawrence Park township, Pennsylvania: d d D D r 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 Lawrence Park township, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 449 contributions totaling $50,079 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 152 contributions totaling $19,483 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)