Lewis Township, located in Union County, Pennsylvania, is a township that is governed by a three-member Board of Supervisors. The Supervisors are elected to four-year terms and serve staggered terms. They oversee the day-to-day operations of the township and make decisions on behalf of its citizens. Lewis Township also has an active political scene with many local organizations offering platforms for candidates running for office. These organizations include the Lewis Township Republican Committee, the Democratic Party of Union County, and Indivisible Lewis Township. Local political candidates must be approved by their respective party and then compete in primary elections in order to appear on the general election ballot. With a strong community presence, these candidates actively engage with townsfolk in order to gain support from constituents across Lewis Township.
The political climate in Lewis township (Union County), PA is strongly conservative.
Union County, PA is strongly conservative. In Union County, PA 37.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Union county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.2% to 37.0%.
Union county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lewis township (Union County), PA is strongly conservative.
Union County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Lewisburg 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.
Lewis township (Union 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 Lewis township (Union County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 55 contributions totaling $6,456 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 77 contributions totaling $12,464 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)