The small borough of Clifford, PA is a peaceful and quaint community nestled in the rural hills of northeastern Pennsylvania. It is home to a diverse population of people who value its close-knit community and peaceful atmosphere. While there is no direct representation from Clifford on the local political stage, politics still affect the day-to-day lives of the citizens there. Issues such as infrastructure, zoning laws, taxes, and education are all addressed at the county level by political candidates that are voted into office by citizens across the county. Many members of Clifford's population take the time to research these candidates before they hit the ballot box in order to ensure their voice and opinion is heard when it comes to important decisions being made about their community.
The political climate in Clifford, PA is strongly conservative.
Susquehanna County, PA is very conservative. In Susquehanna County, PA 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Susquehanna county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 28.6%.
Susquehanna county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clifford, PA is strongly conservative.
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania 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.
Clifford, 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 Clifford, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 587 contributions totaling $39,692 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 97 contributions totaling $17,530 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)