The Bloomsburg-Berwick Metro Area is located in North Eastern part of Pennsylvania and is home to many people. It is a vibrant area with a strong sense of local community. The politics in this area are diverse, ranging from the more traditionally conservative attitudes of the rural areas to the more progressive views held by many citizens living in urban centers. The region is mostly served by two major political parties - the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. Each year local elections are held for representatives at county, state and national levels. In addition to these traditional political candidates, smaller independent or third-party candidates also compete for positions in order to bring their own perspectives into the political arena. No matter the party affiliation though, all citizens of Bloomsburg-Berwick are united by an ambition to ensure that their voices are heard and that their representatives represent their best interests on a local, state and national level.
The political climate in Bloomsburg-Berwick Metro Area is strongly conservative.
In Bloomsburg-Berwick Metro Area 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Bloomsburg-Berwick metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.2% to 34.7%.
The Bloomsburg-Berwick metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Bloomsburg-Berwick, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Bloomsburg-Berwick Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,775 contributions totaling $320,070 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 861 contributions totaling $145,549 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)