Politics in 17057 Middletown, PA are largely focused on local issues. The area is served by a small town council made up of five elected members, each serving a four year term. Each council member is responsible for different parts of the town, including finance, public services and safety, infrastructure and planning. The council sets the town's budget each year and works to ensure that taxes are fair and that all areas of the town receive necessary services. Local elections are held every two years for mayor, council members, and other local offices such as school board members. Residents have the opportunity to make their voices heard through voting in these important elections and give their opinions on how the town should be run.
The political climate in Zip 17057 (Middletown, PA) is leaning liberal.
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
Zip 17057 (Middletown, PA) is leaning liberal.
Middletown, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
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.
Middletown, 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 17057 (Middletown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 334 contributions totaling $35,492 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 295 contributions totaling $48,215 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)