Canton Township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania is a rural area that has a strong tradition of local politics. The people of Canton Township take their political decisions seriously and are well informed about current elections and candidates. Local government consists of five supervisors who are elected by the residents to serve four year terms. These supervisors are responsible for managing township affairs, such as roads and sewers, public safety, general welfare, health and sanitation regulations. Additionally, all registered voters within the township have the opportunity to elect a representative to the Pennsylvania General Assembly on election day every two years. The people of Canton Township take pride in their community and strive to make decisions that will benefit everyone living there.
The political climate in Canton township, 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
Canton township, 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.
Canton township, 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 Canton township, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $837 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 57 contributions totaling $25,197 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $442 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)