Union County, PA is a great place to live and work, but it's not immune to politics. The county is part of the Pennsylvania state legislative district which includes representatives from both major political parties. Every two years the county has elections for the local government positions such as sheriff, treasurer, commissioner and more. During those elections, residents can vote for their chosen candidate who best represents their interests in Union County. Furthermore, the state legislature holds regular sessions to pass laws that affect the entire county. Union County citizens should always pay attention to these events so they can be informed on how their county is governed and make decisions about who they want to represent them in local and state government.
The political climate in Union County, PA is strongly conservative.
In Union County, PA 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.2% to 37.0%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Union County, PA is strongly conservative.
Lewisburg Metro Area is strongly 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, 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 Union County, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,791 contributions totaling $291,451 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 519 contributions totaling $169,399 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $326 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)