The politics in Mercersburg, PA are quite active. With a population of around 1,000 people, Mercersburg has a small but engaged community of citizens who are passionate about their local political representation. Every two years local residents elect representatives to the municipal council who will advocate for the interests of their constituents. Additionally, other important political positions such as mayor and borough manager are also elected and re-elected by the citizens. The town is also served by members of the Pennsylvania State Legislature, which oversee state laws and regulations that affect all residents in Mercersburg. Furthermore, Mercersburg is part of Franklin County's swing district where both Democratic and Republican politicians have been elected over the past decade. This ensures a healthy political dialogue between both sides of the aisle on issues that matter to all constituents in the county.
The political climate in Mercersburg, PA is moderately conservative.
Franklin County, PA is very conservative. In Franklin County, PA 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.7% to 27.7%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mercersburg, PA is moderately conservative.
Franklin County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Chambersburg-Waynesboro 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.
Mercersburg, 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 Mercersburg, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 315 contributions totaling $11,764 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 81 contributions totaling $18,974 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)