Port Matilda, PA is a small town located in Centre County. Locally, politics are largely driven by the residents’ passion for their community. Voters care deeply about maintaining the strong sense of hometown pride that has been around since the town was founded in 1844 and strive to promote this through political involvement. The town mayors have always been committed to working with citizens to ensure that Port Matilda maintains its unique character and advances local goals such as public safety, economic development, environmental protection and educational advancement. Volunteers are actively involved in local elections and are often seen attending city council meetings or participating in local fundraising events. Although there are no current candidates running for mayor or other elected office positions at this time, they are sure to be chosen soon so that Port Matilda can continue to benefit from informed citizens who take an active role in keeping their community a great place to live.
The political climate in Port Matilda, PA is leaning conservative.
Centre County, PA is leaning liberal. In Centre County, PA 51.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Centre county remained Democratic, 51.4% to 46.7%.
Centre county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Port Matilda, PA is leaning conservative.
Centre County, Pennsylvania is leaning liberal.
State College Metro Area is leaning 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.
Port Matilda, Pennsylvania: r r D d d d
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 Port Matilda, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 523 contributions totaling $39,174 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 191 contributions totaling $78,392 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $410 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)