Palmyra Township, located in Pike County, Pennsylvania is a rural township with a population of over 4,000 residents. The politics of the area are largely determined by the Palmyra Township Board of Supervisors who are elected by the residents. Currently, the board consists of three elected supervisors and their roles involve setting policy for the community, overseeing local taxation and budgeting, as well as ensuring public safety and infrastructure maintenance. The current supervisors are Bill Hepler, Derek Miller and Michelle Unverzagt who were all voted to their positions during the general election in November 2019. Residents have praised the board for their responsible handling of township matters while also advocating for greater transparency and improved communication between civic leaders and citizens.
The political climate in Palmyra township (Pike County), PA is moderately conservative.
Pike County, PA is moderately conservative. In Pike County, PA 40.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pike county remained very strongly Republican, 59.0% to 40.0%.
Pike county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Palmyra township (Pike County), PA is moderately conservative.
Pike County, Pennsylvania is moderately conservative.
New York-Newark-Jersey City Metro Area is strongly liberal.
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.
Palmyra township (Pike 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 Palmyra township (Pike County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 816 contributions totaling $82,172 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 459 contributions totaling $79,105 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)