Lewistown, Pennsylvania is a small town in Central Pennsylvania with a population of around 8,000 people. The town is governed by elected officials including the Mayor and members of the Lewistown Borough Council who are responsible for creating and enforcing laws and policies. The mayor is elected to serve a four-year term and each council member serves two-year terms. Elections are held every two years in non-partisan races to determine who will represent the citizens of Lewistown. Local political candidates are often active in the community by attending local events and speaking at public forums to ensure that their views and values reflect those of their constituents. They are committed to making decisions that best serve the people of Lewistown and promote positive change throughout the community.
The political climate in Lewistown, PA is moderately 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
Lewistown, PA is moderately 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.
Lewistown, 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 Lewistown, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 97 contributions totaling $4,015 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 97 contributions totaling $13,578 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)