Greene Township (Franklin Cnty), PA is an area that is largely rural and represents the small-town feel of the county. The community has a long history of involvement in local politics, with residents actively engaging in public discourse to ensure their voices are heard. Residents have organized to support local candidates for County Commissioner, State Representative and Governor, as well as taking part in initiatives related to climate change, gun safety laws, and health care reform. Local politicians must be responsive to the interests and concerns of all members of the community in order to remain effective representatives for them. This strong political engagement creates a sense of community identity and pride throughout Greene Township (Franklin Cnty), PA.
The political climate in Greene township (Franklin County), PA is strongly conservative.
Franklin County, PA is very conservative. In Franklin County, PA 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.7% to 27.7%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Greene township (Franklin County), PA is strongly conservative.
Franklin County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Chambersburg-Waynesboro 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.
Greene township (Franklin County), 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 Greene township (Franklin County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,702 contributions totaling $278,618 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,410 contributions totaling $441,350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)