Great Bend, PA is a small town located in rural Pennsylvania with a population of just over 1,300 people. The town is governed by a five-member Board of Supervisors that meets monthly to make decisions on local matters. The board members are elected for four-year terms and work together to ensure the community runs efficiently and effectively. Residents of Great Bend also elect a mayor who acts as a representative of the community and works with the Board of Supervisors to form policy decisions that benefit all members of the town. The political culture of Great Bend is one that celebrates collaboration between local government and its citizens in order to create positive change within the community. Through proactive communication and action, residents have been able to enact laws that benefit their families, businesses, and overall quality of life.
The political climate in Great Bend township, PA is strongly conservative.
Susquehanna County, PA is very conservative. In Susquehanna County, PA 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Susquehanna county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 28.6%.
Susquehanna county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Great Bend township, PA is strongly conservative.
Susquehanna 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.
Great Bend township, 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 Great Bend township, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 499 contributions totaling $43,749 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 225 contributions totaling $17,983 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)