The politics of Salisbury Borough in Pennsylvania is an integral part of the local governance. The borough is a primarily Democratic-leaning county, having voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election since 1964. Other parties are represented on the ballot, but they rarely have a significant showing in elections. The borough's mayor is elected by popular vote to serve as head of the local government and preside over all meetings and decisions made by the council. The town council consists of five members, each representing a different district within the county. These members are elected at large to serve two-year terms and oversee issues related to public safety, infrastructure, budgeting, and public services. Local political candidates often come from both major parties and any other party registered with Pennsylvania’s Bureau of Elections who receive enough signatures from residents to be placed on the ballot.
The political climate in Salisbury, PA is strongly conservative.
Somerset County, PA is very conservative. In Somerset County, PA 21.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Somerset county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.5% to 21.3%.
Somerset county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Salisbury, PA is strongly conservative.
Somerset County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Somerset 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.
Salisbury, 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 Salisbury, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $508 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $190 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)