17214 Blue Ridge Summit, PA is a small town in the state of Pennsylvania located at the base of South Mountain. The town has a long history of politics that began with the establishment of Franklin County in 1784. Today, 17214 Blue Ridge Summit remains politically active with individuals and organizations dedicated to voicing their opinions on various topics such as healthcare, education and civil rights. There are a variety of local political parties that have been active in recent years such as the Democratic Party, Republican Party and Green Party. All three parties are committed to making sure that citizens’ voices are heard at both local and state levels. With more than 3,000 registered voters in 17214 Blue Ridge Summit, it is no surprise that political activity continues to be an important part of life in this small community.
The political climate in Zip 17214 (Blue Ridge Summit, PA) is strongly conservative.
Franklin County, PA is very conservative. In Franklin County, PA 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.7% to 27.7%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 17214 (Blue Ridge Summit, PA) is strongly conservative.
Blue Ridge Summit, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Franklin County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Chambersburg-Waynesboro Metro Area 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.
Blue Ridge Summit, 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 zip 17214 (Blue Ridge Summit)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 229 contributions totaling $3,512 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $3,938 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)