Howard, PA is a small borough located in Centre County. It has a population of just under 1,000 people and is served by the Bald Eagle Area School District. The local politics of Howard, PA involve several elected officials representing the borough at the county and state level. At the county level, Howard is represented by three county commissioners, who serve as their legislative body. At the state level, Howard is represented by a district senator and two representatives in the House of Representatives. All these representatives are responsible for advocating for their constituents’ interests in their areas of government. Additionally, there are municipal elections held every four years for positions such as mayor, council members, tax collector and auditor. These elected officials are tasked with managing day-to-day operations within the borough limits and ensuring that residents have access to essential services like police protection and public works programs.
The political climate in Zip 16841 (Howard, PA) is leaning conservative.
Centre County, PA is leaning liberal. In Centre County, PA 51.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Centre county remained Democratic, 51.4% to 46.7%.
Centre county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 16841 (Howard, PA) is leaning conservative.
Howard, Pennsylvania is leaning conservative.
Centre County, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
State College Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Howard, Pennsylvania: r r D d d d
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 16841 (Howard)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 239 contributions totaling $10,797 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $11,205 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $320 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)