Union Township is located in Fulton County, Pennsylvania and is governed by a three-member board of supervisors. Local elections are held every four years, with the most recent elections occurring in 2019. The township currently has no political party affiliations and all candidates run as independents on the ballot. This allows for a diverse range of perspectives to be heard within the township and encourages citizens to get involved in the electoral process. Residents of Union Township take great pride in their community and participate in local politics to ensure that their voices are heard and their concerns are taken into account.
The political climate in Union township (Fulton County), PA is very conservative.
Fulton County, PA is very conservative. In Fulton County, PA 13.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fulton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.4% to 13.6%.
Fulton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Union township (Fulton County), PA is very conservative.
Fulton 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.
Union township (Fulton 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 Union township (Fulton County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 52 contributions totaling $4,177 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $9,911 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $413 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)