Lawrence Township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania is an area with a strong political presence. The local government consists of five elected supervisors who manage the daily operations of the township. Each supervisor serves a four year term and elections are held every two years for three of the positions on the board. The board works closely with citizens to address issues that affect their lives and ensure that all policies are fair and equitable. Additionally, the township is part of both state and national politics with representation in the Pennsylvania General Assembly as well as congressional representatives in Washington D.C. Through regular meetings, Lawrence Township citizens have access to both state and federal lawmakers to voice their opinions or concerns regarding current policy issues. Overall, Lawrence Township's political system provides its citizens with representation at all levels of government and encourages civic engagement in order to maintain a democratic society.
The political climate in Lawrence township (Tioga County), PA is strongly conservative.
Tioga County, PA is very conservative. In Tioga County, PA 23.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tioga county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.5% to 23.5%.
Tioga county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lawrence township (Tioga County), PA is strongly conservative.
Tioga 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.
Lawrence township (Tioga 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 Lawrence township (Tioga County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $2,769 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $3,703 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)