The small town of Briar Creek, PA is located in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains. Despite its remote location, politics in Briar Creek are just as important as anywhere else. Every two years, local voters have the opportunity to take part in elections for state and federal representatives. During election season, political rallies and debates can be seen throughout the town as candidates attempt to get their message out and win over the hearts of the citizens. Local politicians work hard to keep current on issues that will affect their constituents so they can make informed decisions when faced with difficult choices. It's an exciting time for the people of Briar Creek who take pride in having a say about who represents them on a larger scale.
The political climate in Briar Creek township, PA is strongly conservative.
Columbia County, PA is strongly conservative. In Columbia County, PA 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Columbia county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 33.7%.
Columbia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Briar Creek township, PA is strongly conservative.
Columbia County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Bloomsburg-Berwick Metro Area is strongly 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.
Briar Creek township, 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 Briar Creek township, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 305 contributions totaling $24,301 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 304 contributions totaling $55,896 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)