Greene County, Pennsylvania is a small rural county located in the southwest corner of the state. It does not have a major population center and is primarily agricultural. That being said, it still has an active political environment with many local candidates vying for elected office. Greene County elects three county commissioners, a treasurer, a district attorney, sheriff, coroner, prothonotary, recorder of deeds and more. There are also elections held for positions on the school board and other offices as well. Voters in Greene County can choose from a wide range of candidates from both major parties as well as those who do not affiliate with either party. All elections are important to ensure that the right people are chosen to serve on boards and commissions in order to best represent and serve the citizens of Greene County.
The political climate in Greene County, PA is very conservative.
In Greene County, PA 27.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Greene county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 27.8%.
Greene county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Greene County, PA is very conservative.
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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.
Greene, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Greene County, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 627 contributions totaling $48,282 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 190 contributions totaling $162,390 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $855 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)