Guilford Township, PA is a rural area located in Franklin County and has a long history of active political involvement. The township takes pride in its commitment to democracy and all citizens are encouraged to participate in local politics through voting, volunteering, attending town meetings, or running for office. Guilford residents have elected both Republicans and Democrats to serve as their representatives on the local governing board. Recently, Guilford's residents have also been involved in advocating for issues such as increasing access to clean drinking water and reducing taxes. The township is committed to maintaining its democratic system of government and encourages all citizens to become active and informed participants in the political process.
The political climate in Guilford township, 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
Guilford township, 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.
Guilford 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 Guilford township, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,274 contributions totaling $226,918 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,945 contributions totaling $470,209 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)