Tioga County, Pennsylvania is located in the North Central region of the state and has a long-standing history with politics. The county’s government structure consists of three commissioners and various departments which ensure efficient governance. Politically, the county is considered a Republican stronghold, although there are many independent and third-party voters too. There are two major candidates running for office in Tioga County: incumbent Republican Commissioner Steve Dershem and Democratic challenger Jake Vogel. Both candidates offer different visions for how to lead the county forward and have been actively engaging with local residents leading up to the election. The results of this election will be an important indicator for future political development in the area.
The political climate in Tioga County, PA is very conservative.
In Tioga County, PA 23.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Tioga county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.5% to 23.5%.
Tioga county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Tioga 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.
Tioga, 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 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 Tioga County, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 962 contributions totaling $48,944 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 330 contributions totaling $55,545 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)