Perry Township (Lawrence County) in Pennsylvania is a small, rural community that takes part in local elections to ensure decisions are made for the best interests of its citizens. Local political candidates provide residents with an opportunity to have their voices heard and exercise their right to vote. Candidates represent their party’s platform, but each has his or her own ideas and initiatives they want to bring forth during their term. During election season, residents can meet the candidates at events hosted by the township, research candidate websites, read campaign materials distributed throughout the community, and attend debates held between competitors. With a variety of ways to learn more about potential representatives, Perry Township encourages civic engagement and allows residents to make informed decisions when selecting who will shape the future of their community.
The political climate in Perry township (Lawrence County), PA is strongly conservative.
Lawrence County, PA is strongly conservative. In Lawrence County, PA 34.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lawrence county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 34.6%.
Lawrence county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Perry township (Lawrence County), PA is strongly conservative.
Lawrence County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
New Castle Metro Area is strongly 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.
Perry township (Lawrence County), 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 Perry township (Lawrence County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 588 contributions totaling $36,702 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 357 contributions totaling $289,715 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $812 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)