Montour County in Pennsylvania is a great place to live, with its natural beauty and plenty of outdoor activities. When it comes to politics, Montour County is part of the 15th Congressional District of Pennsylvania, which is represented by Democrat Glenn Thompson. On the local level, Montour County is overseen by three elected Commissioners from both major political parties: Republicans Paul McKrell and Steven L. Lesher, and Democrat Tony Mussare. The county also has an extensive network of local government officials that are responsible for various aspects of running the county and providing services to residents. Through meetings and votes, these local leaders work together to make decisions on issues that affect all citizens in the county. Residents of Montour County can stay informed about upcoming elections and other local news by regularly attending meetings or visiting their local newspaper websites for updates.
The political climate in Montour County, PA is moderately conservative.
In Montour County, PA 38.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Montour county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.5% to 38.4%.
Montour county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Montour County, PA is moderately 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.
Montour, 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 Montour County, PA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,652 contributions totaling $161,025 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 233 contributions totaling $28,525 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)