St. Thomas, PA is a small borough in Franklin County, Pennsylvania. It has a population of about 1,492 people, according to the 2010 census. St. Thomas is governed by a Mayor-Council form of government that elected officials serve for four year terms. The current Mayor is Dale Poling and Council Members include Terri Shull, Terri Kolb, Karen Costello Weikert, and Joseph E. Wampler Jr.. The Borough of St Thomas also has several volunteer committees including Public Safety Advisory Committee, Environmental Advisory Committee and Parks & Recreation Committee & Events Committee. These committees are valuable assets to the community because they provide input on local issues while allowing citizens to become more involved in their local government. All St. Thomas residents are encouraged to stay informed on local politics and get involved with their local government whenever possible.
The political climate in St. Thomas, PA is very conservative.
Franklin County, PA is very conservative. In Franklin County, PA 27.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Franklin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.7% to 27.7%.
Franklin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
St. Thomas, PA is very conservative.
Franklin County, Pennsylvania is very conservative.
Chambersburg-Waynesboro 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.
St. Thomas, 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 St. Thomas, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 914 contributions totaling $58,216 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 613 contributions totaling $125,364 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $205 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)