Boiling Springs, PA is a small but growing town in Cumberland County. While it may be small in size, the politics of the area are quite important to its citizens. Local elections for representatives on the Boiling Springs Township Board and the Boiling Springs School Board are held every two years, with members from both major political parties vying for positions. Voters also have the opportunity to vote for state and national candidates at the polls each election year. In addition, several special interest groups hold events and rallies in the area throughout the year to support their causes or to oppose certain measures they disagree with. The township also hosts various public meetings to facilitate discussion between its residents and local government officials about current issues of relevance to their community. All of these activities serve as reminders of how important politics is in Boiling Springs, PA.
The political climate in Boiling Springs, PA is somewhat 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
Boiling Springs, PA is somewhat 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.
Boiling Springs, 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 Boiling Springs, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 348 contributions totaling $21,918 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $9,540 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)