Gibson Township in Susquehanna County, PA is a small rural area, with a population of about 1,500 people. The township is governed by a Board of Supervisors and provides services like road maintenance, police protection, and recreational activities for the community. Politically the area is quite conservative; local elections are usually contested by candidates from either the Republican or Democratic party. In recent years there has been an influx of independent candidates that are offering more progressive ideas on how to best serve the community. This has led to some spirited debates over issues such as taxation and public services which have been hotly contested in Gibson Township. It is clear that local politics play an important role in the decisions being made for this rural area.
The political climate in Gibson township (Susquehanna County), PA is strongly conservative.
Susquehanna County, PA is very conservative. In Susquehanna County, PA 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Susquehanna county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 28.6%.
Susquehanna county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Gibson township (Susquehanna County), PA is strongly conservative.
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania 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.
Gibson township (Susquehanna 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 Gibson township (Susquehanna County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 535 contributions totaling $60,223 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 192 contributions totaling $21,027 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)