Derry Township in Montour County, Pennsylvania is a vibrant and diverse community that has experienced considerable growth over the last decade. Located in central Pennsylvania, Derry Township is home to an array of businesses, schools, parks and recreational facilities. The township is governed by a five-member Board of Supervisors who are elected by the residents of the township. In addition, local elections are held every two years to elect a Mayor and four Town Council members to oversee community affairs. Through their collective efforts, these elected officials strive to ensure that Derry Township remains a safe and thriving community for all its residents. The local political environment reflects the town’s diversity with candidates from both major parties participating in local election cycles. In recent years, several initiatives have been established with the goal of increasing civic engagement among citizens in order to strengthen the local political discourse and create more meaningful dialogue between elected officials and constituents.
The political climate in Derry township (Montour County), PA is moderately conservative.
Montour County, PA is moderately conservative. In Montour County, PA 38.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montour county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.5% to 38.4%.
Montour county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Derry township (Montour County), PA is moderately conservative.
Montour County, Pennsylvania is moderately 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.
Derry township (Montour 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 (Montour County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,334 contributions totaling $250,925 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 471 contributions totaling $83,296 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)