Shippensburg University, PA is a small municipality located in the south-central region of the state. Politics play an important role in the community of Shippensburg University and many local candidates run for mayor, council, and other political positions annually. The current mayor of Shippensburg University is Crissy Reider, who was elected in 2019. Other elected officials include four city council members and two school board members. The city encourages all residents to get involved by voting and participating in local elections. The university also has its own Student Government Association which works to ensure that students' voices are heard on campus. All together, politics are essential to the well being of Shippensburg University, PA and its citizens take pride in their involvement with local government.
The political climate in Shippensburg University, PA is somewhat liberal.
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
Shippensburg University, PA is somewhat liberal.
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.
Shippensburg University, 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 Shippensburg University, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 948 contributions totaling $63,538 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 116 contributions totaling $20,330 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $175 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)