Sharon, Pennsylvania is located in Mercer County and is a part of the Youngstown-Warren-Boardman Metropolitan Statistical Area. Though it is a small town, Sharon has an active political environment. The local government is organized into two branches, the executive branch headed by the Mayor, and the legislative branch made up of six Council Members. Both branches come together to make decisions that affect the town and its citizens. Elections for Mayor and Council Members are held every four years, giving voters an opportunity to choose who they want for their local government representatives. In addition to this, citizens have various opportunities to take part in politics outside of voting, such as attending City Council meetings or joining community organizations that advocate for issues that are important to them. This ensures that residents of Sharon have a say in the decisions made at the local level.
The political climate in Sharon, PA is somewhat conservative.
Mercer County, PA is strongly conservative. In Mercer County, PA 36.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mercer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.2% to 36.2%.
Mercer county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sharon, PA is somewhat conservative.
Mercer County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Sharon, Pennsylvania: d 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 Sharon, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 198 contributions totaling $18,007 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $16,075 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $357 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)