The small town of Piatt, PA is represented by a variety of elected officials at the local, state, and federal levels. At the local level, there are Borough Council members who set policies that directly affect residents of the town. The mayor is also an important figure in local politics who helps shape the direction of the community. At the state level, Piatt is represented by legislators from both major political parties who craft legislation that impacts people across Pennsylvania. Finally, Piatt is part of a congressional district and has one representative in Congress who works to represent its citizens’ interests on a national scale. With all these representatives working together, it's clear that politics play an important role in shaping this small town's future for generations to come.
The political climate in Piatt, PA is very conservative.
Lycoming County, PA is very conservative. In Lycoming County, PA 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lycoming county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.8% to 28.6%.
Lycoming county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Piatt, PA is very conservative.
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Williamsport 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.
Piatt, 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 Piatt, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 92 contributions totaling $14,516 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 156 contributions totaling $24,420 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)