Harrison Township is located in Bedford County, Pennsylvania and is home to a small but vibrant population. The township has an active local government that helps to ensure the well-being of its residents. Harrison Township is represented by a number of elected officials at the local, state, and federal levels that are actively involved in local political issues. Locally, county commissioners represent the township’s interests in county government and serve as a liaison between the citizens of Harrison Township and the county government. The township also has representatives from the Pennsylvania State Senate, who provide insight into issues affecting their constituents. On the federal level, members of Congress represent Harrison Township’s interest in Congress. In addition to these representatives, Harrison Township also holds mayoral elections every four years which give residents a direct say in how their town is run. As such, politics plays an important part in day-to-day life here in Harrison Township as residents strive to maintain their quality of life for many years to come.
The political climate in Harrison township (Bedford County), PA is very conservative.
Bedford County, PA is very conservative. In Bedford County, PA 15.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bedford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.4% to 15.8%.
Bedford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harrison township (Bedford County), PA is very conservative.
Bedford County, Pennsylvania 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.
Harrison township (Bedford 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 Harrison township (Bedford County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 47 contributions totaling $1,151 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 55 contributions totaling $18,343 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $334 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)