Sharpsville, Pennsylvania is a small town located in Mercer County. Although it is a small town with a population of just over 2,000 people, it still has its own local politics. The town elects several councillors who are responsible for making decisions that affect the community. There are also a number of other elected officials who have different responsibilities such as managing the town's budget and developing new initiatives. These officials also work closely with the state and federal government to ensure Sharpsville gets the resources it needs to remain prosperous and successful. As such, Sharpsville's residents take pride in their local politics and take an active role in electing their representatives and holding them accountable for their decisions.
The political climate in Sharpsville, PA is somewhat 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
Sharpsville, PA is somewhat 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.
Sharpsville, 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 Sharpsville, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 279 contributions totaling $4,923 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $3,625 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)