Messiah College is located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and is home to a strong and vibrant political culture. On campus, students engage in conversations about politics, participate in debates with others who have opposing views, and take part in events that promote civic engagement. The college is served by a wide variety of elected officials at the local, state, and federal levels. There are many active clubs on campus that focus on political issues and provide a platform for students to get involved in the political process. Messiah College also offers classes related to politics to help students better understand our government system and how it works. In addition to this academic education, there are multiple opportunities for students to become involved in the political culture of the college through volunteer work with local candidates or internships with state representatives or senators. By involving themselves in the political process, Messiah College students can gain knowledge and experience that will help them shape their own lives as well as those of others throughout the world.
The political climate in Messiah College, PA is somewhat liberal.
Cumberland County, PA is somewhat conservative. In Cumberland County, PA 43.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cumberland county remained strongly Republican, 54.3% to 43.8%.
Cumberland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Messiah College, PA is somewhat liberal.
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania is somewhat conservative.
Harrisburg-Carlisle Metro Area is leaning 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.
Messiah College, 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 Messiah College, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,512 contributions totaling $327,545 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,226 contributions totaling $608,549 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $496 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)