The small town of Asylum, PA is located in the heart of rural America. It is a quiet and peaceful place that has a population of around 2,500 people. Despite its small size, politics play an important role in the day-to-day lives of its residents. Local political candidates have to be elected by the citizens in order for their voices to be heard. The mayor and town council members are responsible for many aspects of daily life such as protecting the safety of citizens, ensuring access to quality education and defending the rights of all residents. Every year, local candidates run for office and the citizens decide who will represent them in government affairs. It's important for all residents to take part in this process and make their voices heard every time there are elections in Asylum, PA.
The political climate in Asylum, PA is strongly conservative.
Bradford County, PA is very conservative. In Bradford County, PA 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bradford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.4% to 26.6%.
Bradford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Asylum, PA is strongly conservative.
Bradford County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Sayre 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.
Asylum, 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 Asylum, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 189 contributions totaling $16,337 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 209 contributions totaling $54,450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $261 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)