Burnham, PA is a small city located in central Pennsylvania. It has a strong focus on local politics and its citizens are very engaged in the political process. The city council works hard to ensure that the needs of their citizens are met, and they have been successful in creating a strong and vibrant community. Burnham has had many different mayors over the years, all of whom have worked to keep the city running efficiently. There is a wide variety of opinion among the residents of Burnham when it comes to political issues, but overall everyone is passionate about making sure their voices are heard. The people of Burnham take pride in their city and work together to make sure it remains a safe and prosperous place for all who live there.
The political climate in Burnham, PA is moderately conservative.
Mifflin County, PA is very conservative. In Mifflin County, PA 21.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mifflin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.4% to 21.4%.
Mifflin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Burnham, PA is moderately conservative.
Mifflin County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Lewistown 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.
Burnham, 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 Burnham, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 97 contributions totaling $4,015 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 98 contributions totaling $13,828 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)