Lower Mifflin, PA is a small town located in the outskirts of Philadelphia. Though it is not a highly populated area, Lower Mifflin plays an important role in both local and state politics. During elections, many of the candidates running for office come from Lower Mifflin and its surrounding areas. These candidates often focus on topics such as education, public safety, and economic development that are important to Lower Mifflin residents. Many of these candidates have been successful in their bids for office due to their intimate knowledge of the local political climate. Additionally, because of its small size and close proximity to Philadelphia, Lower Mifflin is often taken into consideration when decisions need to be made at the state level.
The political climate in Lower Mifflin, PA is moderately conservative.
Cumberland County, PA is somewhat conservative. In Cumberland County, PA 43.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cumberland county remained strongly Republican, 54.3% to 43.8%.
Cumberland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lower Mifflin, PA is moderately conservative.
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania is somewhat conservative.
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.
Lower Mifflin, 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 Lower Mifflin, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 146 contributions totaling $8,677 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 165 contributions totaling $51,947 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $315 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)