Bedford Borough, located in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, is a small town that is rich with history and culture. The borough has a council-manager form of government consisting of seven members elected at large to serve four-year terms. These seven members select one of their own to serve as president and mayor for the term. The current mayor is Jim Joray. One of the roles of the mayor is to ensure that all boroughs are following the laws set by the county and state they are in. Additionally, he works closely with local business owners and residents to ensure the town maintains its charm and quality resources for all who live there. Bedford Borough also has an active political scene, with many local candidates running for office each year at both state and county levels. All of these candidates have different platforms and goals, but they share a common goal鈥攖o make Bedford Borough better for its citizens.
The political climate in Bedford, PA is moderately conservative.
Bedford County, PA is very conservative. In Bedford County, PA 15.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 0.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bedford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.4% to 15.8%.
Bedford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bedford, PA is moderately conservative.
Bedford 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.
Bedford, 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 Bedford, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 179 contributions totaling $6,843 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 276 contributions totaling $131,200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $475 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)