Union Township (Centre Cnty), PA is a vibrant community with a deep commitment to its local politics. The people of the township vote regularly and are engaged in the political process. Union Township is lead by a Board of Supervisors who are elected to serve four-year terms. The board's main duties include setting long-term goals for the town, developing policies, enacting laws, and creating budgets. Additionally, Union Township residents are represented by several state legislators in both the House of Representatives and Senate. These representatives work diligently to ensure that their constituents' needs are being met and that legislation created is beneficial for all Pennsylvanians. They also ensure that Union Township residents have the resources they need to maintain their quality of life.
The political climate in Union township (Centre County), PA is somewhat conservative.
Centre County, PA is leaning liberal. In Centre County, PA 51.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Centre county remained Democratic, 51.4% to 46.7%.
Centre county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Union township (Centre County), PA is somewhat conservative.
Centre County, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
State College Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Union township (Centre County), Pennsylvania: r r D d d d
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 Union township (Centre County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 939 contributions totaling $58,914 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 275 contributions totaling $29,383 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)