Newport Borough, Pennsylvania is a small borough located in Perry County. It is a quaint and historic town with a population of just over 1,000 people. There is an active local government in Newport Borough that works to provide the best services and support for its citizens. Generally, the local politics of the area focus on issues such as providing better public services, advocating for economic development, and promoting a safe and vibrant community. Each year, the citizens of Newport Borough are invited to participate in the election process to select the Mayor and Council Members who will represent their interests at council meetings. This democratic process helps ensure that residents have a voice in the decisions made by their elected officials.
The political climate in Newport, PA is moderately conservative.
Perry County, PA is very conservative. In Perry County, PA 24.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Perry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.0% to 24.1%.
Perry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Newport, PA is moderately conservative.
Perry County, Pennsylvania is very 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.
Newport, 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 Newport, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $2,990 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $11,995 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $353 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)