Catawissa Borough, PA is a small community located in Northumberland County. It is governed by a three-member Board of Commissioners who are elected by the residents to serve four-year terms. The current board members are President John Jones, Vice President Melissa Taylor, and Treasurer William Smith. They oversee all municipal matters ranging from local public works projects to land development. The Board works with the Borough Manager to ensure that all aspects of governance are running smoothly. Catawissa Borough also has representatives serving on the Northumberland County Council and in the Pennsylvania General Assembly. These representatives provide insight and assistance with matters concerning tax policy, environmental regulations, and social services programs. Residents of Catawissa Borough also have the opportunity to participate in local elections, helping to ensure their voices are heard when it comes to important decisions that affect their community.
The political climate in Catawissa, PA is somewhat conservative.
Columbia County, PA is strongly conservative. In Columbia County, PA 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Columbia county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 33.7%.
Columbia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Catawissa, PA is somewhat conservative.
Columbia County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Bloomsburg-Berwick Metro Area is strongly 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.
Catawissa, 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 Catawissa, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 55 contributions totaling $11,377 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $6,199 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)