Wilmington Township is located in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and is home to a population of approximately 1,600 people. The township is governed by three elected officials who serve on the Board of Supervisors. Each Supervisor is elected to a four-year term and oversees various committees that are responsible for managing the needs of the community. On the local level, Wilmington Township residents have the opportunity to elect representatives to several different positions in their county government such as State Senator, State Representative, or County Commissioner. These representatives are responsible for making decisions that affect all members of their respective districts. At the state level, Wilmington Township residents can also elect a representative to Congress. These representatives will bring local issues to the attention of federal legislators and advocate for policies that benefit their constituents. The politics in Wilmington Township are focused on providing efficient services and meeting the needs of its citizens.
The political climate in Wilmington township (Mercer County), PA is strongly conservative.
Mercer County, PA is strongly conservative. In Mercer County, PA 36.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mercer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.2% to 36.2%.
Mercer county voted Republican in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wilmington township (Mercer County), PA is strongly conservative.
Mercer County, Pennsylvania is strongly conservative.
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Wilmington township (Mercer County), Pennsylvania: d 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 Wilmington township (Mercer County), PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 254 contributions totaling $22,855 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 103 contributions totaling $19,553 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)