South Philipsburg, PA is a small town in central Pennsylvania. It has a very active and engaged population who are passionate about their local politics. Citizens of South Philipsburg take part in public discourse through community meetings, online forums, and attending local town hall events. Every election season, the residents of South Philipsburg come out in droves to cast their ballots and make their voices heard. The town is represented by two state representatives and a variety of county officials. Additionally, the mayor serves as the leader of the community, advocating for its interests and supporting its growth. Residents also have the opportunity to get involved with local campaigns or volunteer with a political party or candidate they support. In short, politics plays an important role in South Philipsburg's life and culture, making it an exciting place to live for those interested in getting involved with local government and policies.
The political climate in South Philipsburg, 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
South Philipsburg, 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.
South Philipsburg, 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 South Philipsburg, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $1,414 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 57 contributions totaling $5,477 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)