Columbia County, Pennsylvania is located in the heart of the Susquehanna Valley. It is a rural area that is home to over 60,000 people and has seen economic growth in recent years. The county is governed by an elected Board of Commissioners, all of whom are members of the Republican Party. These commissioners serve four-year terms and work with local government leaders to ensure that county services are well-supported. In addition, there are several elected officials in the county who work to advocate for the interests of their constituents. These include a Representative in the US House of Representatives, a State Senator and State Representative, and judges on both the Court of Common Pleas and the County Court. All three branches of government strive to implement policies which help improve the quality of life for Columbia County residents.
The political climate in Columbia County, PA is strongly conservative.
In Columbia County, PA 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Columbia county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 33.7%.
Columbia county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Columbia County, PA is strongly conservative.
Bloomsburg-Berwick Metro Area is strongly 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.
Columbia, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Columbia County, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,123 contributions totaling $159,045 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 628 contributions totaling $117,024 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)