Liberty Township (Centre County), PA is home to a diverse population and is represented in local politics by four commissioners. These four commissioners are responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the township and setting policy that will benefit all citizens. They are elected at-large, meaning they represent the entire township, and their terms are staggered so that no more than two change at any given time. The current board consists of four members who have been serving since 2018 and focus on issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, environmental initiatives, public safety measures, and other services for township residents. Their efforts strive to make Liberty Township a great place to live and work.
The political climate in Liberty township (Centre County), PA is somewhat conservative.
Centre County, PA is leaning liberal. In Centre County, PA 51.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Centre county remained Democratic, 51.4% to 46.7%.
Centre county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Liberty township (Centre County), PA is somewhat conservative.
Centre County, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
State College Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Liberty township (Centre County), Pennsylvania: r r 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 Liberty township (Centre County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 717 contributions totaling $32,391 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 155 contributions totaling $41,180 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $266 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)