Columbia, PA is situated in Lancaster County and has a great reputation for its local politics. The city strives to create an accessible political landscape for all residents to have their voices heard. The City Council consists of seven members who are elected by the citizens of Columbia and serve four-year terms. Additionally, the Mayor of Columbia is elected every four years and sworn into office at the beginning of each new term. The Mayor works with the City Council to help pass laws that benefit the community. Local political candidates run for office in Columbia on a platform of initiatives such as public safety, economic development, environmental protection, and education reform. Residents actively participate in local elections by voting for their preferred candidates and engaging with them on important issues facing the community.
The political climate in Columbia township (Bradford County), PA is strongly conservative.
Bradford County, PA is very conservative. In Bradford County, PA 26.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bradford county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.4% to 26.6%.
Bradford county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Columbia township (Bradford County), PA is strongly conservative.
Bradford County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Sayre 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.
Columbia township (Bradford 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 Columbia township (Bradford County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 161 contributions totaling $6,068 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $13,265 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)