Harper Polling: Our Commonwealth Poll - July 2025

Harper Polling’s Our Commonwealth Poll Returns for the 4th of July —with Baseball, Amusement Parks, Convenience Store Wars, and Scrapple.

After hiatus, Harper Polling is back with its Pennsylvania public poll about the Commonwealth’s culture and peculiarities. Ahead of Independence Day, we asked Pennsylvanians about the food they love, the teams they root for, and the aliens they’ll contact.

You can find a link to all of the data for the poll at the bottom of this page.

In our survey, 43% of Pennsylvanians say burgers 🍔  are their #1 Independence Day food, nearly double the number who chose hot dogs 🌭 (22%).

Watermelon 🍉  (11%) and corn on the cob 🌽 (10%) round out the top four.

PA Republicans are more partisan in favor of burgers but aren’t looking forward to a hot dog as much as PA Democrats.

Pennsylvania’s Boomers are twice as likely to prefer iced tea as our Zoomers—who are 3x more likely to pick a cocktail.

Men are 4x more likely to go for a beer while women are 3x more likely to prefer a cocktail.

Cheers to that.