Halfmoon, PA is a small town located in southeastern Pennsylvania. Its population is just over 2,000 people and it has an active local politics scene. There are numerous political candidates running for office every year in the area, from both major parties. Local elections typically focus on issues like infrastructure and small business development, as well as issues like public safety and crime prevention, which have been hot topics in recent years. The people of Halfmoon care deeply about their community and take part in local politics to ensure their voices are heard at the polls. In addition to voting, residents often volunteer their time to help with campaigns and other initiatives that promote the welfare of the town.
The political climate in Halfmoon, PA is leaning conservative.
Centre County, PA is leaning liberal. In Centre County, PA 51.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Centre county remained Democratic, 51.4% to 46.7%.
Centre county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Halfmoon, PA is leaning conservative.
Centre County, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
State College Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Halfmoon, Pennsylvania: r r D d d d
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 Halfmoon, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,187 contributions totaling $86,128 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 404 contributions totaling $178,539 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $442 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)