Mifflin Township is located in Columbia County, Pennsylvania and is a small rural township with a population of around 3,000 people. The local political scene in Mifflin Township is largely focused on issues related to the community's agricultural heritage and lack of economic opportunities. Political candidates running for office in Mifflin Township tend to be local farmers and small business owners who are passionate about preserving the town's rural lifestyle while working to bring more economic development into the area. Issues such as agricultural subsidies, tax incentives for businesses, and infrastructure improvements have all been popular topics on the campaign trail in recent years. Candidates also work to ensure that the interests of local citizens remain at the forefront of any policy decisions that are made by elected officials. With its small size and close-knit community, politics in Mifflin Township is about making sure that everyone has an opportunity to participate in the decision-making process and ensuring their voices are heard.
The political climate in Mifflin township (Columbia County), PA is strongly conservative.
Columbia County, PA is strongly conservative. In Columbia County, PA 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Columbia county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 33.7%.
Columbia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mifflin township (Columbia County), PA is strongly conservative.
Columbia County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Bloomsburg-Berwick 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.
Mifflin township (Columbia 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 Mifflin township (Columbia County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,701 contributions totaling $100,245 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 278 contributions totaling $58,343 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)