Clinton Township is located in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania and is part of the Williamsport Metropolitan Statistical Area. The politics of Clinton Township are mainly focused on local issues such as education, public safety, and infrastructure improvements. The township is currently represented by two Republican state representatives at the state level, which has been a source of contention for some citizens. At the county level, the township is represented by three Commissioners, one Democrat and two Republicans. In addition to these representatives, there are other local political figures in the area including school board members and mayors from its various townships. Local issues are addressed regularly at meetings of the municipal councils and town hall events.
The political climate in Clinton township (Lycoming County), PA is moderately conservative.
Lycoming County, PA is very conservative. In Lycoming County, PA 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lycoming county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 28.6%.
Lycoming county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clinton township (Lycoming County), PA is moderately conservative.
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Williamsport 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.
Clinton township (Lycoming County), 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 Clinton township (Lycoming County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 126 contributions totaling $8,106 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 141 contributions totaling $74,729 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $530 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)