Pillow, PA is a small town located in the rural countryside of Pennsylvania. The town is represented politically by a mayor and a city council, who work together to make decisions for the benefit of the local citizens. Elections are held every four years to determine who will be on the city council and who will serve as mayor. Although there are no major political parties in Pillow, PA, citizens have become more engaged in recent years due to important issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements and development projects. Candidates running for office often have different ideas about how these issues should be addressed and their perspectives provide valuable insight into how they would handle problems if elected. Residents of Pillow, PA are encouraged to get involved in the political process by attending council meetings, voting in elections and engaging with their representatives at all levels of government.
The political climate in Pillow, PA is somewhat conservative.
Dauphin County, PA is somewhat liberal. In Dauphin County, PA 53.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dauphin county remained moderately Democratic, 53.4% to 44.9%.
Dauphin county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pillow, PA is somewhat conservative.
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania is somewhat liberal.
Harrisburg-Carlisle Metro Area is leaning 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.
Pillow, 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 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 Pillow, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 73 contributions totaling $2,867 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $2,195 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)