Smithfield Township, located in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, is a largely rural area with a population of over 6,000 people. The township is governed by a three-member Board of Supervisors who are elected to six year terms. Elections for the Board of Supervisors are held in odd numbered years on the first Tuesday following the first Monday of November. The current supervisors are Tom Priester, Jack Strickland and William King. These three men are responsible for setting policy and making decisions that affect all residents within Smithfield Township. The political landscape of Smithfield Township usually follows national trends with most voting Republican in recent local elections. Local candidates from both parties work hard to gain support from residents by attending events throughout the township such as town meetings and local festivals hosted throughout the year. Members of both parties also actively campaign door-to-door and advertise via mailers, radio and television ads. The residents of Smithfield Township have always been active participants in their local politics and take pride in their ability to make informed decisions when it comes to electing representatives that will serve them well.
The political climate in Smithfield township (Bradford County), PA is strongly conservative.
Bradford County, PA is very conservative. In Bradford County, PA 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bradford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.4% to 26.6%.
Bradford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Smithfield township (Bradford County), PA is strongly conservative.
Bradford County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Sayre 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.
Smithfield township (Bradford 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 Smithfield township (Bradford County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 354 contributions totaling $24,475 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 120 contributions totaling $20,450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)