Shirley, PA is a small community located in Berks County with a population of about 500 people. It is located in an area of Pennsylvania with strong political affiliations, including the Republican and Democratic parties. The mayoral office in Shirley is held by Mayor Robert Korman, who was elected in 2020. He has been a lifelong resident of the town and worked on issues such as public safety and infrastructure improvements during his term. Local politics are also addressed by the Shirley Town Council, which consists of five members elected for two-year terms. The council works to maintain the quality of life for citizens and make decisions that affect the entire town. They work together to provide necessary services to residents while also helping to promote growth and development within the community.
The political climate in Shirley, PA is strongly conservative.
Huntingdon County, PA is very conservative. In Huntingdon County, PA 23.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Huntingdon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.7% to 23.8%.
Huntingdon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shirley, PA is strongly conservative.
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Huntingdon Metro Area 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.
Shirley, 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 Shirley, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 70 contributions totaling $5,674 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $6,902 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)