Bowmanstown, PA is a small borough in Carbon County, located in the state of Pennsylvania. While it may be small in size, there is still an active political scene within the community. The local government of Bowmanstown consists of a mayor and five council members who are elected to serve on the Borough Council. These officials are responsible for making decisions that affect all aspects of life within the community, from taxes to public safety. The Borough Council meets regularly to discuss and vote on matters concerning the town and its citizens. Additionally, any registered voter living within the town limits has the opportunity to cast their ballot during municipal elections every four years.
The political climate in Bowmanstown, PA is strongly conservative.
Carbon County, PA is very conservative. In Carbon County, PA 33.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carbon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.3% to 33.3%.
Carbon county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bowmanstown, PA is strongly conservative.
Carbon County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton 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.
Bowmanstown, Pennsylvania: d r d 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 Bowmanstown, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 204 contributions totaling $3,790 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 310 contributions totaling $194,530 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $628 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)