The city of Harwick, PA is a small town with a population of approximately 7,000 people. It is governed by an elected mayor and four council members. Residents of Harwick vote for their local representatives in municipal elections held every two years. At the state and national levels, residents of Harwick overwhelmingly support Democratic candidates. Because Harwick is located in southeastern Pennsylvania, it has traditionally been a strong supporter of the Democratic Party, and this trend continues into the present day. Politically, the city typically votes in line with its neighbors on major issues such as taxes and education reform. Although certain areas are more contested than others, overall there is a sense of unity among the citizens when it comes to politics in Harwick.
The political climate in Harwick, PA is somewhat liberal.
Allegheny County, PA is moderately liberal. In Allegheny County, PA 59.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 39.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Allegheny county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 59.4% to 39.0%.
Allegheny county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Harwick, PA is somewhat liberal.
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania is moderately liberal.
Pittsburgh Metro Area is leaning 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.
Harwick, Pennsylvania: D D D D D D
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 Harwick, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 601 contributions totaling $41,176 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 65 contributions totaling $15,924 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)