Pine Township is a rural community located in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. The township has an active political landscape with various local representatives and candidates vying for office. In the last election cycle, there were two main contenders for supervisor of Pine Township – Democrat Rob Kratzer and Republican John Gorman. Both candidates had strong platforms centered around economic development, infrastructure improvements, and environmental stewardship. Kratzer ultimately won the election and was sworn in as supervisor in January 2021. Since his assumption of office, Supervisor Kratzer has focused on improving public works projects such as road paving and creating a more efficient recycling program for the entire township. He also worked closely with the state government to secure funding for necessary infrastructure upgrades and promote economic growth in Pine Township. Local residents have welcomed his leadership, noting that it has helped bring about positive change in their community over the past year.
The political climate in Pine township (Lycoming County), 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
Pine township (Lycoming County), 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.
Pine township (Lycoming 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 Pine township (Lycoming County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $1,005 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 184 contributions totaling $21,816 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)