Derry Township, located in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, is a politically active area. The township is governed by a three-member Board of Supervisors who are elected to four-year terms. All political candidates must be residents of the township and must meet certain criteria in order to be eligible for election. Every two years there is an election for one of the three supervisors positions. These elections are usually contested among several candidates. Local issues often become important topics during these campaigns as residents seek leaders who can best represent their interests in the municipality. Residents also have the option to vote for state and federal representatives on election day as well.
The political climate in Derry township (Mifflin County), PA is strongly 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
Derry township (Mifflin County), PA is strongly 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.
Derry township (Mifflin 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 Derry township (Mifflin County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 355 contributions totaling $13,971 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 301 contributions totaling $42,334 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)