Monroe Township is located in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. In addition to the township's local government, which is responsible for managing the daily affairs of the community, Monroe Township has a vibrant political landscape that residents engage in. Monroe Township typically elects representatives for state and federal offices from both major political parties as well as local offices from many different town-level positions. The township also participates in Primary Elections to determine who will be running for their respective offices during the General Election each year. Additionally, Monroe Township often hosts events such as candidate forums, debates, and Town Hall meetings throughout the year to ensure citizens are informed about their local candidates and remain involved in their government's decision-making process.
The political climate in Monroe 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
Monroe 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.
Monroe 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 Monroe township (Bedford County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $5,265 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 147 contributions totaling $24,959 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)