Newburg, Pennsylvania is located in Cumberland County and is an important part of the state’s political landscape. The town is currently represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by Scott Perry from the 10th district. In the Pennsylvania State Senate, Newburg's representation comes from Senator John Eichelberger Jr., who represents the 30th district. At the local level, Newburg is split between two counties: Lower Allen Township and Upper Allen Township, each governed by a three-member board of commissioners elected at large to serve four-year terms. With vibrant civic engagement, Newburg residents have a strong voice in local politics that helps to shape their community and its future.
The political climate in Newburg, PA is moderately conservative.
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
Newburg, PA is moderately conservative.
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.
Newburg, 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 Newburg, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 78 contributions totaling $1,572 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $4,006 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $148 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)