The small town of Mechanicsville, PA is an area steeped in history and strong community values. Residents are passionate about their local politics and take an active role in affecting the town’s future. Popular topics include preserving natural resources, increasing public safety, improving education systems, and promoting economic growth. Town meetings are often well attended by residents who are eager to voice their opinions or ask questions. Local political candidates have a deep understanding of the issues that concern their constituents and often run on platforms of change and progress for the town. Residents are actively encouraged to participate in local elections to ensure that they get the representation that they deserve.
The political climate in Mechanicsville, PA is moderately conservative.
Schuylkill County, PA is very conservative. In Schuylkill County, PA 29.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Schuylkill county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.1% to 29.3%.
Schuylkill county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mechanicsville, PA is moderately conservative.
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Pottsville Metro Area 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.
Mechanicsville, 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 Mechanicsville, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 643 contributions totaling $48,901 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 197 contributions totaling $128,114 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $650 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)