The politics in Liberty Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania is a highly contested area. With several key issues that affect the township and its citizens, local elections are often contentious and voters have to make informed decisions on the future of their community. Many candidates have committed to tackling important issues such as infrastructure improvements, economic development, job growth, better educational opportunities, and increased public safety. During election season, voters will be given the opportunity to choose from a broad range of candidates who are all vying for their support. The active political dialogue in Liberty Township encourages debate and promotes an engaged electorate making sure that everyone's voice is heard in the process.
The political climate in Liberty township (Mercer County), PA is strongly conservative.
Mercer County, PA is strongly conservative. In Mercer County, PA 36.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mercer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.2% to 36.2%.
Mercer county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Liberty township (Mercer County), PA is strongly conservative.
Mercer County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Liberty township (Mercer County), Pennsylvania: d 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 Liberty township (Mercer County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,661 contributions totaling $50,790 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 282 contributions totaling $66,644 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)